ARC ASYLUM BY PRATEEK JOSHI

 

Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar.

•One of my favorite hobbies is finding new and interesting authors; so I was pleased to find this author and this book. The poetry has heart and it's a great book to have for some conversations when people go browsing my library. 

•The book is a clear index of how mature the writer is. It penetrates deep into the psyche of humans. In the times of chaos the book gifts you solace because you know someone out there, whom you have never met is writing down everything saved in the shelves of your heart, that someone understands you in and out.

•The book is filled with love, sadness, endurance, art, faith, pain, shame, and at times just plain gibberish; a compelling look into the meaning of life and the journey through the darkest parts of the soul. Arc Asylum helps us in reconnecting with our inner selves and transform pain into something potent and beautiful

•Really an awesome book, can't put in words how amazing the experience was while reading this book. Opened my eye to a lot of deep down stuff. The author has penned down some very personal lines along with dates and the time, basically written in diary entry format. 

•Some of the lines from the book that swayed me away: 

words find an altar in the silence of twilight

the deepening silence of the night - jewels carved in the sky

•Poetry is very difficult to interpret because it consists of the serious compression of emotions in very few words but you know the collection is magnetic and thoughtful when you read it in one sitting. As soon as I finished it, I thought to myself, “Wow. I can feel my heart beating.” And what more could I possibly ask for from prose? ⁣

However, I would advise you to read these poems just like you're drinking a glass of wine... slowly!

If you like poetry you'll really enjoy this book. Hope to see more work from this author in the future!