Intimations: Poetry in the Light of the Mind’S Eye

By Venilla Rajaguru

Intimations
Poetry in the timeless tradition of the Minds Eye


This is an astounding collection of intellectual poetry worthy of the Gold Seal of Literary Excellence. Venilla Rajaguru displays remarkable skills in the metaphorical stylistics of her poetic art. Most of the poems are in the form of poetic tales, poetic verse narratives telling a story, either a social satire or a philosophical, didactic story. These stories offer intimations of the minds eye, philosophical stances on realities and illusions, personal and social responsibilities in love and life.

This is a rare collection of poetry that is thought provoking, inspiring, and enjoyable to read. The poems are organized under three distinct yet correlated thematic frameworks: lifescape, lovescape, and blindscape. Each section is genuinely an intellectual discovery of stylistics and themes, interconnected by the central metaphor of this book, the minds eye. A must-read for poetry lovers! Fiction readers will find the poetic stories truly engaging!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Sep 19, 2012
• ISBN: 9781466951860

Venilla Rajaguru

Venilla Rajaguru is a poet by nature, a scholar by training, and an entrepreneur by practice. She is the former editorial lead of British Council India Communications; and has also edited two English Studies journals for the Council (1995-97). Later, she served as the pioneering Chairwoman of the ASEAN Women's Wing office based at the ASEAN Secretariat, helping develop and implement Community Outreach programs for women and children (2009-2011). She read English Literature at the University of Oxford as Rhodes Scholar 1992. Almost two decades later, she pursued postgraduate studies in International Development (Cornell, U.S.), and Science and Technology Studies in the history and sociology of Innovation (York University, Canada). Her own doctoral research is on the Pacific issues of artificial islands. While at York University, she concurently served as the first Chair of the Ocean Frontiers Research working group under Science for Peace, Canada (2015-2020). In 2021 she founded a consulting company KeyVisory, LLC in the U.S., for helping individual artists and businesses in branding, research, and intellectual property software solutions. She now spends her time between her creative writing projects, academic research writings, and her consulting practice.

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INTIMATIONS

Poetry in the light of The Mind’s Eye

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2012914409

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Contents

Dedication

Preface

Prologue

I   LIFESCAPE, IN LANDS NEAR AND FAR

Forgotten

On a bright open dump day

Framed

Worlds Apart, the Albatross and the Peacocks

Better Bets

Palace of Mirrors

Racing Rainbow Reveries

Statues

In the city of Merlion

Across the Detroit River

II   LOVESCAPE, SENSORY AND IN THE MIND’S EYE

Finding Love

Anarkali

Draupadi

Will Love ever guide true?

Love, in memory lane

Together, were we?

Against the flow of Time

Of Him, the Seeker

Discovery

Continuity

New Age Love

The Magic and the Realism

Love Mystique

Another Day

The Light of the Third Eye

III   BLINDSCAPE, SENSUAL AND MOTIVATIONAL

A Blind Romantic

Master your stairs

Cotton Candy

Cosmos

Scent of Love

Feel your quest!

In Dark Space

Mama Blind, Baby Lullaby

Dream your Dream

Pilgrimage

About the Author

Dedication

To my dear friends & family

Preface

This anthology is thought provoking! Intimations, as the title indicates, is a collection of poems that contain imaginative exploration of mindsets, socio-cultural predilections, and philosophical preoccupations of our times. Historical allusions, events as well as mythical symbolism are used as part of the poetry to illustrate specific viewpoints relevant today. Most of the poems are poetic tales, verse narratives telling a