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    Father: A Collection of Poems
    Father: A Collection of Poems
    Father: A Collection of Poems
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    Father: A Collection of Poems

    By Abhilash Fraizer

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    The world today is a wilderness with dried-up hearts and silenced songs. As in the garden of Eden, man stands forever naked, in the rainy night of godlessness; yearning to be clothed by the Fatherhood of God and the motherhood of nature. Father captures some sparkling moments from the Bible and history, connecting them with the modern man's life and his internal crises by employing an uncanny poetic vision. Explore the true Father in these magnificent lines that open a new vision of universal brotherhood.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherResource Publications
    Release dateOct 9, 2023
    ISBN9781666787832
    Father: A Collection of Poems
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    Abhilash Fraizer

    Abhilash Fraizer is a multi-award-winning Indian writer, poet, novelist, journalist and advertising copy writer, hailing from Kerala. A Master in English Literature, Abhilash has authored 14 books and has written numerous poems and articles for various international and Indian journals. His renowned works include Father, a collection of poems, The End of Wars, a novel and Everlasting Things are Incomplete, a collection of poems. He was an Indian delegate to Panorama International Literature Festival 2024, held in Greece. His latest book ‘Father’ won Panorama International Literature Special Jury Award. He lives in Kerala, a South Indian state, with his wife Sunitha and two sons Ezek and Izan.

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      Father - Abhilash Fraizer

      FATHER

      A Collection of Poems

      ABHILASH FRAIZER

      Father

      A Collection of Poems

      Copyright © 2023 Abhilash Fraizer. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical publications or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. Write: Permissions, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 199 W. 8th Ave., Suite 3, Eugene, OR 97401.

      Resource Publications

      An Imprint of Wipf and Stock Publishers

      199 W. 8th Ave., Suite 3

      Eugene, OR 97401

      www.wipfandstock.com

      paperback isbn: 978-1-6667-8781-8

      hardcover isbn: 978-1-6667-8782-5

      ebook isbn: 978-1-6667-8783-2

      Table of Contents

      TITLE PAGE

      SUN IN THE RAIN

      THE TEARS OF A ROCK

      THE FIERY TOUCH

      SANDALS FROM ETERNITY

      IN THE WELL OF DREAMS

      FATHER

      GOD’S CRYSTAL CASEMENT

      Dedicated

      To My Wife

      SUNITHA

      SUN IN THE RAIN

      How does it feel

      Sitting lonely in the rain?

      How does it feel

      To bereave the Beloved,

      – God and Master –

      And sit lonely in the rain?

      The rain that began

      At the hour of His dreadful death,

      Has not yet stopped;

      It keeps weeping all through the night,

      Just as my bereaved soul.

      Do you know how it feels

      To lose God?

      A feeling from time immemorial,

      Starting from the days of Adam

      In the Paradise that was lost!

      Alas!

      Paradise keeps losing

      Time and again in history.

      And the forlorn Adam

      Keeps

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