LETTERS:
Sir,
Receiving the April 2008 issue of POETS INTERNATIONAL was
such a happy surprise since you had said that you were going to be
publishing future issues on the Internet. There is really nothing like
the printed page and I always take my issues to bed and read them at
night when all is quiet and I can fully appreciate each line.
Your sonnets are always excellent. In this issue, my
favorite short poems was --
Destine to blossom,
A rose emits its fragrance;
Life short, but winsome.
Some of my favorite poems in this issue were Ram Prasad’s
“Ugadi”, S.L. Peeran’s “Fall Of Curtain, and Aju Mukhopadhyay’s “India
Rising Up” was an especially marvelous poem.
I also liked Shubha Mukherjee’s “Words In My Garden”, Maria
Netto’s “Bombed”, C.S. Satya Murthy’s “Peace”, Mamta Agarwal’s “A
Moment Of Doubt, and I also liked your powerful poem –
God is not a myth
To know Him well, know thyself;
And search for the truth.
The haiku and zen poems are always memorable and I enjoyed
the book reviews in this issue.
Thank you for the Best Poetry Critic Award.
Best Wishes,
Ruth Wildes Schuler
Novato, CA , USA)
Sir,
Thank you for giving me an opportunity to read at the inaugural function of Silver Jubilee celebrations. It was nice to interact with you and other poets. Listening to you talk of poetry is always an enriching experience.
I shall soon send a poem for the anthology.
Mamta Agarwal
(Noida, India)
Sir,
Thanks a lot for Poets International, April 2008. Though an old man as I am I read and reread your Haiku and the sonnets.
I shall be grateful if you could encourage humour, wit and sarcasm. I laugh at the world and the world laughs at me.
May God grant you long and happy life to patronize the young and budding poets.
I have been reading Poets International since 1983.
Dr. N. N Ramayya,
Writer & Poet,
Hyderabad. (A.P)
Sir,
For the year 2008, I am receiving our golden magazine for the first time on 30-5-2008 (the magazine was posted from Bangalore on 18th May, 2008. The April 2008 issue too was posted to him on 18th, but he did not get it -- Editor)!
Simplicity is loved by divinity. Earlier P.I. was like a bride on her marriage day,
Now she looks like a matured young housewife. Even though I sent many songs by E-mail, I could not locate my poetry in the latest issue. Any how, I take it in the right spirit and I am sure I have enough time in stock to pursue further for a golden chance to enter into the elite group.
Please follow this simple style, but I beg to you not to stop the journal. The moment I received May 2008 issue, I developed positive thoughts:
P.I. OPENS TRUTH’S EYE
‘Poets International’ we need
As happily life we can lead
What a lovely one that we can read!
Really noble is its deed
Though poems I write with speed
I stopped all my greed
Publish my poetry only if you have agreed
Let noble thoughts to all P.I. feed
Let it sow a gracious thought-seed
Your service is highly great indeed
O, P.I. – To you I now plead
Only your poets remove weed
On your path please hopefully proceed
You can help all poets succeed
Because of you world will not bleed
M.V. Venkataraman
(Chennai, India)
Sir,
We received your acknowledgement receipt of Rs. 600/- for the subscription fee for the year 2008-09.
We also received a set of books of your beautifully written haiku.
Thanks a lot.
Dr. Rooble Verma
School of Studies in English
Vikram University
Ujjain
Sir,
I was delighted to receive the hard copy of PI after a gap of 2/3 months.
It is simple and has served the purpose.
The new year poem by Mr. Venkatraman was nice and realistic.
Poets and poetry by Padma Bhaskaran are ecocative.
Your sonnet and villanelle are reflective.
Still time left by Shujaat Hussain has a wonderful message.
Looking forward to the next issue already!
Meena R. Shankar
(Bangalore, India)
Sir,
Thanks for sending me the long awaited issue reaching on 29th May 2008. Devoid of colours and glossy papers and photos, it contains the main things with additional news items. A literary magazine is really known by its contents. True, so it is quite as it was earlier.
Aju Mukhopadhyay
(Pondicherry, India)
Sir,
This is to acknowledge gratefully the receipt of ‘POETS INTERNATIONAL’, April 2008, on 3rd of May. It was as refreshing as the unexpected shower that we had on the same, sultry day.
Now, ‘Poets International’ is not colourful as in the past, keeping in mind its maturity and coming of age (Silver Jubilee) it looks bare, compact and substantial.
It is good that 8 Haiku poets have been honoured. As the saying goes, the small is beautiful.
I would also like to the first sentence of your Editorial, p-2.It shows your strong will and determination: “Poets International will be published in the present format regularly without break,” Long live ‘Poets International’!
Dr. N. P. Singh
Reader-In-English, (Retd.)
(New Delhi, India)
LETTERS:
Sir,
Thank you very much for you interest for our haibun anthology.
My name is Magdalena Dale. As you know, now we work to a haibun anthology. Mrs. Vaceanu sent me you haibun. I like it very much. But, all over the haiku world haibun is receipted as a prose with haiku. I talk with Mr. Moldovan and because we like your verse so much, we propose you to submit it in the following form in Mr. Moldovan’s translation. As you can see not a word had been change. Only he put the word like a poetic prose. I put it here in the corp of the e-mail, but also in attachment to see the Romanian translation.
Please, let me know if you agree, as soon as possible!
Thank you very much!
Sincerely yours,
Magdalena Dale
(Romania)
JOY TO WALK
Long walks I enjoy: ignites self-exploration; stars twinkle with joy. The moon follows me, as friend wherever I go. Learn to bee carefree. Cuckoos coo near, crickets creek, frogs croak at night; know not what’s fear.
Soothing breeze from woods, soft moonlight, misty landscapes, blooming tulip buds. Lush green fields, display wind dance on tips of paddy; catch Nature at play.
It’s a joy to walk,
Watch, interact with Nature;
Have no one to talk
Stay like an ocean –
Rich, vast, powerful and active;
Draw inspiration.
Sir,
This is to acknowledge gratefully the receipt of ‘POETS INTERNATIONAL’, April 2008, on 3rd of May. It was as refreshing as the unexpected shower that we had on the same, sultry day.
Now, ‘Poets International’ is not colourful as in the past, keeping in mind its maturity and coming of age (Silver Jubilee) it looks bare, compact and substantial.
It is good that 8 Haiku poets have been honoured. As the saying goes, the small is beautiful.
I would also like to the first sentence of your Editorial, p-2.It shows your strong will and determination: “Poets International will be published in the present format regularly without break,” Long live ‘Poets International’!
Dr. N. P. Singh
Reader-In-English, (Retd.)
(New Delhi, India)
Sir,
Thanks for the invitation and it's such an honour that we are overwhelmed. We accept your invitationnd shall be there at the venue on time.
When Risha was invited at last December Poetry Festival, she had just started to write poems.It was at the venue of Poetry Festival that it descended on her where she belonged. It wastruly your blessings that she has so far written more than hundred poems and quite a name to reckon here in poetry circle of Cochin. The Indian Express, The Hindu and host of other local dailies and magazines have covered her story so far. One of her poem "Exam Fever" is still in top 500 poems of poemhunter.com's list of favourite among lakhs of poems. She was facilitated at Ernakulam Public Library last month. I am so thankful to you for giving her the encouragementand introducing her to the world.
Before Risha came on the scene my knowledge of poetry didn't go beyond Ba Ba Black Sheep, But now inspired by your poems, especially haikus, I admit to addicted to these form of poems and hope you will let me recite a couple of my haikus at festival.
Thufail Ahmed
(Cochin, India)
Sir,
The 12th India Poetry festival 2007, indeed was a golden opportunity to meet and interact with our bothers of poetry, truly a festival of love and admiration for each others work. I thank you Dr. Mohammed Fakhruddin for having set a platform for this event. This is the first time I have participated and loved the way it was organized. Here I saw every one enthusiastic to present his/ her poetry without any age bar. Young and old were treated as a poet and nothing else. A poet has no age nor will age, this feeling was written on the wall.
To wait one long year for the next festival to meet all the poet participants pains me. I request you sir, Dr. Mohammed Fakhruddin to make the event at least once in six months for a closer interaction.
I longed meet everyone of the poets , when ever I read their poem, thanks to you sir once again.
K.S.Somashekar Raju
Sir,
I was going through your Sonnets after I was informed about your great achievements in Haiku and poetry writing by "The International Poetry Forum", France. Those were mesmerizing pieces with perfect balance among Truth, Imagination, Word choices, Imagery and Style.
I am sending you this message as whenever I go through any poem of any person who has contributed a great deal to poetry I fail to stop my hands to write a message to him. I hope to stay in contact with you.
Sonnet Mondal
(Taripura, India)
National poet, Affiliation to the President, India.
Featured author and member-International Poetry Forum, France.
Rated & featured poet -International Best Poets Society.
Sir,
It was sheer delight to go through your mail stating that you will continue to publish
Hard copies of Poets International! I am sure those, who do not have access to
Computer will not be disappointed and will keep enjoying poetry through your journal.
I must say your decision to continue the publication will further the cause which fosters
Fraternity and wisdom! You will be glad to know that I have translated some of your Sonnets
and Haiku, in Spanish and German, which could be seen through www.shvoong.com. I must say Dr. Ikeda’s imageries are more powerful when translated into Spanish. You would not at all feel the work has lost its ethos in the target language.
Manoj Kumar Nanda
(New Delhi, India)
Sir,
Wishing a Happy New Year to you and your family members.
Happiness keeps You Sweet,
Trials keep You Strong,
Sorrows keep You Human,
Failures keep You Humble,
Success keeps You Glowing,
But Only God keeps You Going!
You are so special!
NINE ROSES FOR YOU.
You are receiving these roses because you are a special person! Each rose symbolizes a special wish from me to you.
One Rose for enjoyable Life
One Rose for Unconditional Love
One Rose For Financial Wealth
One for Everlasting Happiness
One for Success
One for Knowledge
One for Beauty, inner and outer
One for Family
And the last one for a long and healthy life
Dr. Shujaat Hussain
(Aligarh, India)
Sir,
thank you very much for your generous offer. I am totally aware of the well-known fact that you are the most famous poet and teacher of poets when it comes to Haiku in India and beyond. Therefore I take special pride in your invitation to submit short verse to your prestigious journal Poets International. If the following submissions do not meet with your approval, kindly inform me and I will submit different poems. Although I write few Haiku, and consider myself a mere pupil in that demanding and challenging field, I do write a lot of short poems.
In case of acceptance I will also comply with your wish and send you a photograph to include in your journal.
Thanking you and patiently awaiting your reply I remain
with very best wishes for yourself and your most important work
Frank Joussen
(Hueckelhoven, Germany)
Sir,
Thank you very much for a copy of ‘Poets International’, August 2007. I am sorry for the sad demise of Dr. K. Hussain, so great a poetry critic of all ages to come. May his soul rest in peace!
I thank you with all my heart to publish such a popular scholarly journal, Poets International, Above all, your commendable large heartedness to give us such Sonnets. With my meager knowledge of English literature writing a sonnet is a marvelous task.
Please grant me a chance under your patronage to serve the mankind. I am a fearless feeble old man of 72 years.
I have read almost all the poems, published in the September 2007 issue, which are highly interesting. Above all, Tanka by Patricia Prime is impressive. She has a liking for Nature.
Dr. N.N. Ramayya
(Hyderabad, India)
Sir,
I appreciate your efforts. This is only magazine in India which is serving the Muse!
In the April 2007 issue of “Poets International”, I liked the following poems: “I Want To” (Prabha V. Nair),”The Invisible Intruders” (Lanka Shivaram Prasad), “Missed Something” (Niyatee Ayyar). Mr. Mohammed Fakhruddin is the true son of Muse!
I appreciate your efforts and mission.
Dr. Ram Sharma
Senior Lecturer-in-English,
Janta Vedic (P.G.) College, Baraut, Baghpat (U.P.)
Sir,
PEACE IS OUR RIGHT – UNITY IS OUR MIGHT
As A Promoter Of The Concept Of UNIVERSAL PEACE &
BROTHERHOOD THROUGH POETRY, I Feel It A Blessing To
Come Across People / Organizations Such As Yours. You
Are The Leading-Light Of PEACE Without Any Frontiers,
And I Am One Among The Pigeons Of Peace Amongst You.
A Poet And Review Writer, I Have Been Persistently
Making My Efforts For A PEACE UNIVERSALITY By Way Of
Spreading The Message Of PEACE THROUGH POETRY. In
This Quest And In View Of The Forthcoming UN
International Day Of Peace On 21st September, I
Furnish Hereunder THREE Of My Recently Composed PEACE
Poems Meant For That Particular Day, Occasion And
Purpose.
As Pigeons Of Peace Or Say Emissaries Of Peace, We All
Belong To One Family; With A Sole Aim And Objective
For UNIVERSAL PEACE.
LET PEACE PREVAIL ON THIS UNIVERSE
LET THE UNIVERSE SING A PEACE VERSE
Dr. T. Ashok Chakravarthy,
(Hyderabad, India)
Sir,
In the September 2007 issue I find some nice poems like War and Crime by Subramanian K.S., Sonnet No.6 by Mohammed Fakhruddin, Viewing beyond Horizon by Arvind Bharati, At Land’s End by Virendra Gupta, a fine romantic piece- Faraway by Romaa, River of Love by C. L. Shilaja, Plea by Niyatee Ayyar, Anneke Schouten-Buys by Ruth Wilds Schuler with some dazzling shorter poems- haiku (2nd) by Rita Odeh, Zen(2nd) by Shiroki Mirukami, Zen (2nd) by Lars Granstrom, some Nature Tanka by Patricia Prime. Portions of some other poems are too quite good and attractive. Attractive it is to find that you have arranged some poems emphasizing darkness in different ways in the same page No. 14, as in Handful of Silver Lining, The Lovers of the Dark and At land’s End.
Poets International is in hand but it is in the screen too. In the online you have nicely published my Zen poems with some other pieces but not in the hard copy.
Truly,
Aju Mukhopadhyay
(Pondicherry, India)
Sir,
It was indeed delightful to see THE POETS INTERNATIONAL in a colourful get-up.
It's not just the physical appearance that makes it beautiful but your effort
to spread fraternity in an age of insipidness through the voice of so many singing
poets. Their ideas are myriad colours.
The current issue of THE POETS INTERNATIONAL took me away from the sophistications
of life and I was lost recalling Keats:
"Away Away for I will fly to thee
not charioted by Bacchus and his bards
but on the viewless wings of poesy."
I don't find words to express my joy. Ours is an age of greed and wealth and when
everybody is mad about one's own pursuits, YOU are making attempt to unite the world
together through poetry.
I came to know about the background of some poets which was a good experience
due to your efforts.
I went through your new haiku, Mz. Prime's review and poem from New Zealand and the letter from
Mz. Ruth W. Schuler from California. Three years back Mz. Schuler had sent some tear sheets
from her magazine and some snapshot of her pets Salem and Pugaface which I have still
preserved. I don't know whether she is still staying in Novato. I tried to call her old
telephone but the IVR prompted it has changed and the directory is of no use.
I hope I will have the opportunity of meeting other fellow poets at the POETRY FESTIVAL
being organised by YOU. Though no longer teaching poetry and now working for Option One
Mortgage Corporation, California from its offshore centre in Delhi, I do not compromise
about my passion for poetry. YOUR ESTEEMED JOURNAL HAS SUPPLIED AN EXCELLENT INTELLECTUAL DIET. Very surprisingly, my wife , Divya, also devoted a good length of time to your journal.
Manoj Kr. Nanda
(New Delhi, India)
Sir,
I received and read he July 2007 issue of POETS INTERNATIONAL. The
letters and book reviews were interesting as always. I want to
congratulate you on your Tennessee State Poetry League membership. I
am so glad that they will be able to help you sell some of your books.
I like Niyatee Ayyar's poem in the letter section on page 5. In the
World Poets Whose Who section, some of my favorite poems are Raul
Henao's "Self Portrait", Kwon Taek-Myung's "Hydrangea", and C.S.
Sathya Murty's "Greenary".
As always your Sonnet was excellent. My favorite short poem of yours
is --
How big can you think?
As big as Himalayas
Always dream and think.
Also I found Bmng Gyso's poem "Moonlight" very beautiful. Many of the
haiku were also outstanding.
My big news is that I won the Grand Prize in the Artist Embassy
International Poetic dance Contest. My poem will be performed at the
Florence Gould Theatre at the Palace of the Legion of Honor in San
Francisco on September 29, 2007. There will be 12 dancing groups
performing at this festival, including one from India.
Ruth Wildes Schuler
94 Santa Maria Drive
Novato, CA 94947-3737
Sir,
Congratulations on your publishing a brief profile of Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam, Former President of India and a great missile scientist-turned Indian English poet. Dr. Kalam is an illustrious son of India. From the published profile, readers in India and abroad will come to know things about him which go beyond Presidency!
Also congratulate you on your bringing out profiles of some poets of India and abroad. This is your very timely exposure in the issue of Poets International, June 2007. I also thank you for publishing my short poem in the same issue.
Pronab Kumar Majumder
Former Special Secretary, Govt. of West Bengal,
Editor: Bridge-in-Making
(Kolkata, India)
Sir,
Today received POETS INTERNATIONAL. Of little concern, my mail was sliced open to review contents, wondering about Homeland Security intervention. It is a sad thing nowadays, don't you agree. However, I do want to support a poetic literary venture. We need more softness, more love, more interaction with feelings and nature in a world gone mad within the madness. I agree: WORLD BROTHERHOOD, LOVE & peace through poetry. I want to be part of your inner blissful dream.
even the smallest
are holy--
caterpillar,
it's that crazy dream again--
thinks it can fly,
peacefully fluttering
with Ali
I awake blissfully
loving humanity;
with the word of God
all are one--
and we as His
are divine.
Robert Henry Poulin,
(Sebastian, Florida, USA)
Sir,
On receiving the August issue of “Poets International”, I came to know of the passing away of Dr. Khadir Hussain. He will be sadly missed by all poetry lovers, and no doubt there will be a void in PI as his translations of Ameer Khusro among other Sufi poets, will be missing. My condolence to you sir, as you will surely miss a dear friend.
Take heart that just by your act of publishing works like his in PI, you save for posterity
Beautiful poetry which we can’t otherwise get to read!
Maria Netto
(Pondicherry, India)
Sir,
The August issue is just in hand. I feel very sad that we won't here any more from Dr. K Hussain, the scholar interpreter of the Urdu poets, a lover of poems and friend of Poets International. I am also glad that this issue carries voices of poets beyond any categorical divisions, that the Tanka by Patricia Prime, as are beyond the limited steps of extended haiku, have also been published. Poets are publishing Haiku and Tanka within the limited steps and beyond them too, sometimes better for freedom beyond limit.
Aju Mukhopadhyay
(Pondicherry, India)
Sir,
I heard a Lot about "Poet International .com" , and would like to become a member. I write poems in English and Telugu , I would like to know the procedure to get enroll to the same and also the procedure to get my poems published in the magazine.
Sravanthi
(Hyderabad, India)
Sir,
‘POETS INTERNATIONAL’ is an excellent journal and I love it from various angles. Thank you for the July 2007, issue.
Prof. S. Parida
Head of Department, English Pattamundal College,
(Pattamundal. India)
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