Arjuna
Prathap Kamath reinterprets a mythical story & expounds a new narrative that chronicles an epic fable.
Prathap Kamath’s published works are Ekalavya: a book of poems (2012), Blood Rain and Other Stories (2014) and Tableaux: poems of life and creatures (2017). His poems have been anthologized in The Dance of the Peacock: An Anthology of English Poetry from India (Hidden Brook Press, 2013), and published in journals like Lakeview International Journal of Literature and Arts, Journal of Literature and Aesthetics, Chandrabhaga, Muse India, Modern Literature etc. He is an Associate Professor and Research Guide at the University of Kerala.
Prathap Kamath reinterprets a mythical story & expounds a new narrative that chronicles an epic fable.
Are dead bodies now akin to floral offerings to the Ganges? asks poet Prathap Kamat in his powerful poem.
Do we realise how and when we lose ourselves? Do we recognise it? Prathap Kamath’s fascinating poem.
An allegorical verse, pregnant with melancholic meaning, depicting a decrepit cosmos about to crumble & rejuvenate.
Prathap Kamath’s melancholic poem paints the charades of a dark spring. The trees & the birds know it. Can we fathom it?