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COMMENTS

AMITA JAYANT SANGHAVI
AMITA JAYANT SANGHAVI
AMITA JAYANT SANGHAVI

The reflectoem came as a sheer surprise to me. The very concept is
highly innovative and truly intriguing.
The two sample poems were unique.
What an experimental poet is Shajil Anthru!
The core of a poem lies in its essence. While this form will be tried by
many, only a master poet will do justice to the form and the essence

and not merely play with it. With the uniqueness and the brevity of the
poem, the significance and the appeal of the central message of the
poem itself will have to be preserved. Just as Haiku has two ground
rules, reflectoems will have to have ground rules to discourage
'rubbish' from diluting the absolutely fantastic innovative style.
Therefore while I applaud this beautiful endeavor and am super in love
with it, the word of caution to Shajil Anthru is he will have to review
each reflectoem very carefully and test them for their poetic quality
and zeal ALONGWITH their befitting use of the form.

In fact, he is now going to have to be rigorously selective as well as
patient not to jeopardize his new form by accepting mediocre poetry
dressed up in fish bone form.

If Haiku cannot be Haiku without imagery from Nature and its
creatures, and 17 syllables, Shajil Anthru has to work on making this
form a classic for posterity by putting down rules that ensure its
content matches up with its form.

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