Title of Poem: The End of An Affair
Poet: Vihang Naik
Source: Making A Poem (2004)
Rating: 3.8 laurels out of 5 laurels.
Vihang's poem "The End of An Affair"
is a poem about a short love affair between a man and a woman.
The poet describes the woman as a gazal.
"She became a gazal in return
First silence is poetry than words."
What is a gazal?
Is gazal is a traditional poem in Persia as a sonnet is a traditional poem in Italy?
Based on my research, a ghazal is a poem consisting of couplets in Persian poetry. (www.ahapoetry.com)
"My heart served in a clean plate.
I never knew that the life of a poet
could be cut into two with fork and spoon.
After our affair she discovered life"
What does the poet mean when he said- "life can be cut into two with a fork and a spoon" ? Is the poet referring to two lives- one life with his wife and one life with his mistress? Is the poet saying that his life is painful because it is cut into two?
The poet's love is comapred to a haiku, which is a Japanese traditional poem known for its short 3 lines. The poet's love affair is short like a haiku.
is a tale of prose. I felt love as short as haiku
A time to part. Let us kiss and depart.
Who offered to end the affair? Did the man or the woman offered to end the affair? It could be the man or it could be the woman.
The male character in the poem received a letter of parting or break up by the woman.
"She left suddenly. After then the letter
returned with a song of parting,
She specified, she wouldn't sing. "
The poet seems to be revealing the pain of loving a woman since his life is cut into two.
This poem is nominated Best Poem of the Year 2004.
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Vihang Naik is born in Surat, the city of South Gujarat, India. He now teaches English in Shree Ambaji Arts College (Gujarat) in India. He also taught at Smt. M.C. Desai College at Prantij near Ahmedabad, India.
His poems have appeared in India's leading journals and anthologies and won awards. His poems have also appeared in leading e-anthology of poetry by world poets published by Rattapallax Press in NY, USA.
His latest Gujarat collection of poems Jeevangeet is published by Navbharat Sahitya Mandir (Ahmedabab) in 2001. He also translates poetry from Gujarati into English. His first collection of poems City Times is published by Writer's Workshop (India) in 1993.
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The End of an Affair
by Vihang Naik (India)
Source: Making A Poem (2004) p.31
In a South Indian restaurant
I resolved to be a poet for her.
She became a gazal in return
First silence is poetry than words.
My heart served in a clean plate.
I never knew that the life of a poet
could be cut into two with fork and spoon.
After our affair she discovered life
is a tale of prose. I felt love as short as haiku
A time to part. Let us kiss and depart.
She left suddenly. After then the letter
returned with a song of parting,
She specified, she wouldn't sing.
(This poem is nominated Best Poem of the Year 2004.)
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