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"'''A Writer's Prayer'''" is an English poem by the Indian poet and mystic [[Tarun Cherian]]. The poem won Second Prize in the Fifth All India Poetry Competition conducted by [[The Poetry Society (India)]] in 1993.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianpoetry.org/comp4.htm |title=Award Winning Poems – AIPC 1993 |access-date=2014-04-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316193153/http://indianpoetry.org/comp4.htm |archive-date=2015-03-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The poem was the first major award winning work of Cherian, who went on to make a mark in mysticism, spirituality and visual art.
{{Short description|English poem by the Indian poet and mystic Tarun Cherian}}
"'''A Writer's Prayer'''" is an English poem by the Indian poet and renowned spiritual healer [[Tarun Cherian]]. Cherian has had written many a poems beforehand with this one being his best work. ''A Writers Prayer'' won Second Prize in the Fifth All India Poetry Competition conducted by [[The Poetry Society (India)]] in 1993.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianpoetry.org/comp4.htm |title=Award Winning Poems – AIPC 1993 |access-date=2014-04-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316193153/http://indianpoetry.org/comp4.htm |archive-date=2015-03-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The poem was his first major award-winning work. This poem was written by him in tribute to his wife Celia Cherian.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tarun Cherian: Crafting The Luminous word|url=http://www.taruncherian.com/files/00%20main%20writing%20crafting%20the%20luminous%20words.htm|access-date=2022-01-09|website=www.taruncherian.com}}</ref> Tarun eventually went on to make a mark in [[mysticism]], [[spirituality]] and [[Visual arts|visual art]].
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==Excerpts from the Poem ==
Let my words have an unvarnished feel to them. Truth writ in the grain. Sentences that feel like bark and offer comfort like a bench after a long walk into the hills with a woman.
 
<nowiki>*******</nowiki>
 
Let my words have the clearness of a stream - the seeing pebbles look. The kind through which you reach and pick a water smooth pebble. Or better still cupped in both hands, its icy coolness splashed on a sweaty face and arms dewed with a laughing run up a summery slope.
 
<nowiki>********</nowiki>
 
Let my words sound like a lullaby, rocking my child in its syllables rippling like gentle waves in an ocean with no shores.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-05-12|title=A Writer’s Prayer by Tarun Cherian - A Writer’s Prayer Poem|url=https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-writer-s-prayer-4/|access-date=2022-01-09|website=Poem Hunter|language=en-us}}</ref>


==Structure of the poem==
==Structure of the poem==
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[The Poetry Society (India)]]
*[[The Poetry Society (India)]]
*[[ Tarun Cherian]]


==Notes==
==Notes==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150316193153/http://indianpoetry.org/comp4.htm | Fifth National Poetry Competition 1988 – Award Winners]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150316193153/http://indianpoetry.org/comp4.htm   Fifth National Poetry Competition 1988 – Award Winners]
*[http://www.poemhunter.com/tarun-cherian/poems/ Poems by Tarun Cherian]
*[http://www.poemhunter.com/tarun-cherian/poems/ Poems by Tarun Cherian]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121216063849/http://www.indiawrites.org/poetry/poetry.html | ''India Writes'' – Contemporary Indian Poetry]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121216063849/http://www.indiawrites.org/poetry/poetry.html   ''India Writes'' – Contemporary Indian Poetry]
*[http://poemhunter.com/best-poems/tarun-cherian/a-writer-s-prayer-4/ A Writer's Prayer – the full text]
*[http://poemhunter.com/best-poems/tarun-cherian/a-writer-s-prayer-4/ A Writer's Prayer – the full text]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030657/http://www.taruncherian.com/files/mainP%26W.htm | Tarun Cherian's Writings]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030657/http://www.taruncherian.com/files/mainP%26W.htm   Tarun Cherian's Writings]
*[http://www.poemhunter.com/tarun-cherian/biography/ Biography of Tarun Cherian]
*[http://www.poemhunter.com/tarun-cherian/biography/ Biography of Tarun Cherian]
*[http://www.duckduckgo.com/?q=Indian+poems "Best Indian Poems"]
*[http://www.duckduckgo.com/?q=Indian+poems "Best Indian Poems"]


[[Category:Indian poems]]
[[Category:Indian poems]]

Latest revision as of 10:53, 6 May 2022


"A Writer's Prayer" is an English poem by the Indian poet and renowned spiritual healer Tarun Cherian. Cherian has had written many a poems beforehand with this one being his best work. A Writers Prayer won Second Prize in the Fifth All India Poetry Competition conducted by The Poetry Society (India) in 1993.[1] The poem was his first major award-winning work. This poem was written by him in tribute to his wife Celia Cherian.[2] Tarun eventually went on to make a mark in mysticism, spirituality and visual art.

A Writer's Prayer 
by Tarun Cherian
CountryIndia
LanguageEnglish
PublisherVirgo Publications
Publication date1993

Excerpts from the Poem[edit]

Let my words have an unvarnished feel to them. Truth writ in the grain. Sentences that feel like bark and offer comfort like a bench after a long walk into the hills with a woman.

*******

Let my words have the clearness of a stream - the seeing pebbles look. The kind through which you reach and pick a water smooth pebble. Or better still cupped in both hands, its icy coolness splashed on a sweaty face and arms dewed with a laughing run up a summery slope.

********

Let my words sound like a lullaby, rocking my child in its syllables rippling like gentle waves in an ocean with no shores.[3]

Structure of the poem[edit]

The poem has a unique and original structure, which marks a departure from contemporary Indian poetry. Its five lines can be regarded as five stanzas or five paragraphs. The diction is that of prose, but the strong evocative imagery belongs to poetry of the highest quality. The five stanzas evoke images pertaining to five different sense organs – sight, smell, touch, hearing and smell. The poem can be thought of a bouquet of meditations on different paths to Truth.

Comments and criticism[edit]

The poem has received positive reviews since its first publication in 1994 in the book Voices of the Future.[4] The poem has been frequently quoted in scholarly analysis of contemporary Indian English poetry.[5]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ "Award Winning Poems – AIPC 1993". Archived from the original on 2015-03-16. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  2. ↑ "Tarun Cherian: Crafting The Luminous word". www.taruncherian.com. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  3. ↑ "A Writer's Prayer by Tarun Cherian - A Writer's Prayer Poem". Poem Hunter. 2011-05-12. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  4. ↑ Voices of the Future by H K Kaul, Virgo Publications, 1993.
  5. ↑ "Fourteen Contemporary Indian Poets – Rana Nayar in The Tribune".

External links[edit]

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