> I would like to thank you for answering to some extent my unasked
> question, "what recent works have been in chandO telugu poetry ?
> who are the new generation poets that produce worthwhile chandO
> poetry ?"
Did I miss something? That was a question I asked this morning.
I haven't seen any names of the poets or works other than a reference
to a magazine and a rejoicing at two North American Telugus publishing
chandObaddha poetry.
> Ari garu, when you keep referring to chandO poetry as deserving
> to be preserved in formaldehyde, do you not feel that the poetry
> of Jashuva (in works like gabbilam, phiradausi) and Karunasree
> (in works like pAkI pilla (I confess I haven't read it but have
> heard much of its moving content) ) deserve better treatment ?!
> I mean to say shouldn't they be emulated ? Or better still should
> modern poets be stopped from emulating them ?
I wouldn't say that they should be emulated. But, if a contemporary
poet wants to emulate them either in content or form or both, all power to
him/her. I sure hope that work finds the readership and the honor it
deserves.
(About that formaldehyde analogy: a couple of posts including
yours seem to treat it as an agent of destruction. Applying it to a
living thing may not be such a hot idea, but it sure preserves a dead
thing against decomposition and makes it available for study for a long
time to come. My studies in anatomy wouldn't have gone very far without
that good old formaldehyde).
> My point is : there can be relevant, understandable, good, poetry
> in the chandO style TODAY. (do we disagree on this ?) and if a poet
> can do it he should be allowed to and not looked down upon because
> of his poetic structure.
A poet that can and wants to will write the poetry that he can
and wants to. How somebody wants to respond to that poetry is upto them.
> But yes, it appears hard to find such poetry from modern poets.
If you think a little bit more about why it is hard to find such
poetry (I assume you meant the structure here and not the content) from
modern (I assume you meant contemporary) poets, you will probably be
able to enumerate the reasons.
> Jampala garu, you mentioned about the patronage each style of
> poetry and poetry itself, enjoys among the telugu people today.
> It appears sad but true. Who do you think reads any of the works
> of the modern poets ? I would say those of the educated that are
> aware of the movements these poetry/poets are associated with,
> and those of the illiterate that enjoy gaddar-type songs.
I assume you were referring to my comments about the silent
majority. It is not clear to me if you are suggesting only feminist
sympathizers read feminist poetry and daLit sympathizers read daLit
poetry. I am not sure if it is a valid observation.
Call me illiterate if you want to, but I have been enjoying gaddar's
songs for several years. And, I have also read several scholarly essays
about gaddar's poetry that pay tribute to his poetic ability.
Regards. --- Chowdary