Sol Magazine's
Poet Laureate 2005 Edition
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HONORABLE MENTION

Aparna Belapurkar
London, EG, GBR

Aparna Belapurkar

Aparna Belapurkar is a poet, musician and writer.  Currently living and working as a clinical specialist physiotherapist in London, Aparna became a member of Sol Magazine in 2003.  Her work has been published in local magazines and newspapers in India, and online in poetry magazines such as Sol Magazine, and in Still literary magazine's 1999 Autumn Anthology.  Her poem-cum-slogan on Euro received 2nd place in the BBC radio 4 on-the-spot contest.  She says, "I write because I love the sound of words on pulp that sing with the rise and fall of happiness within me."
EDITORS’ & JUDGES’ COMMENTS:    This poet presents engaging word management enhanced with enriching phrases. Beautifully envisioned poetry.   In this collection the reader experiences form, shape, pattern, glowing images and delightful sound.  The poet has made use of both structure and idea, incorporating fresh and interesting, alive and exciting tonal quality, intensified by alternating accented and unaccented rhythms.  Aparna Belapurkar relishes in the sights and sounds of nature. She seems to weave her words in awe and wonder.

Nature Whispers
 
I love the sound of words on pulp,
Those cling and curve a graceful rise and fall
My feelings swing on spring of syllables
And dreams now wake to a soulful call.
The golden silence is fragrant with voice,
A voice with strings and heart that beats aloud
(Like) A bird awaiting pulse to fly in poise,
Sure loves the sound of flapping feathers proud.
The rising greens that paint the crown of dawn,
Fills colours full of chirps and whispers keen
In cavorting flora are purples born,
Those with the magic wand of skies cry and sing.
So sound is everywhere you turn your heart,
In morning light that follows cloudy start.

© 2005 Aparna Belapurkar

COMMENTS:  Fine end-line oblique rhyme.  The excellent first line immediately grabs the reader’s attention.  Composed with sensitivity, the poet has varied the iambic pentameter occasionally which adds interest to the sonnet form.  Sporadic use of internal rhyme creates an elevated tone.  A totally delightful poem to be read again and again.  A sweet sonnet singing the praise of the sounds of nature. The poet uses slant rhyme and pleasing meter to sing her praise. Nice use of Synesthesia in "the golden silence is fragrant."
 
Dark silent sky
Vast earth with weeping willows
Crickets rub legs

© 2005 Aparna Belapurkar

COMMENTS:  This poem invites the reader to listen as well as visualize, as it comments on a subtle mood of nature. The poet paints a large, quiet canvas, then allows the sound of little crickets dominate the scene!
 
Coloured daffodils
Invading still esplanades
Human traffic jams

© 2005 Aparna Belapurkar

COMMENTS:  Outstanding word play on the tongue when read aloud! Stellar craftsmanship.   Vivid imagery.  A pleasant picture of stillness and activity -- both immediate and over time.
 

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