• Dr V.V.B.Rama Rao

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I have woven all my dreams around you
…. … … …
I shared with you when you were absent
I must have come across
As a dumb, meek, mild person
Of a few words
Sure I was enamoured of your presence
That I hardly uttered a word
Many things were unsaid
To date they remain unsaid
Krishna was silent
While Meera sang in ecstasy
Here this Meera was silent
While you manifested in myriad ways.
-Silent Song
A highly qualified officer of the Government while in service, Dr J. Bhagyalakshmi has so far published four poetry collections: Happiness Unbound (1998), A Knock at the Door (20040, When Fortune Smiles (2007) and Missing Woods (2014).
Happiness Unbound is of a special kind which displays deep femininity replete with pain and forbearance with a deep and wide understanding of the human condition, particularly of the fair sex. The title reminds the reader of Shelley’s Prometheus Unbound. The title refers to a condition totally different from that of the Greek legendary character. Prometheus’ in the Greek closet play was in intense pain and he does not have hope of even death for liberation. The pain and suffering of the speakers in many poems is heart-rending and there is no release from captivity which the Greek had. The speakers in the poet’s mind are released from happiness itself. At first the title sounds enigmatic or paradoxical but the suffering of the poet’s protagonists is real and excruciatingly.

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