A poem that deals with politics and pandemic, by Dr Sunil, exclusively for Different Truths.
They are talking of Goya sitting in the circular study lined with his works, especially the one most scary---Saturn Devouring His Son; Why such a terrible vision? A royal painter, deaf, in solitude, What made him paint such dark paintings? They munch, drink and hold forth – art, Spain, politics, and, their fusion, in an insulated environment, while the sirens could be heard outside on this bleak day. Look! The dapper audience looks at the painting, and, to their horror, finds the dark image coming alive: Saturn steps out from the faded 1819-1823 era, and, into the traumatic 2021, eyes bulge and hands stretched out for the next victim, or, victims? The horror sinks in. The painting opens up A mixed pathway Connecting – myth reality and art in a chilling vision, and, a revitalised perception reception hermeneutics revitalised figures in the current setting!
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A humble word-worshipper: catcher of elusive sounds, meanings and images. Published 27 creative and critical books— joint and solo. A winner of, among others, the Panorama Golden Globe Award-2023, and, Nissim Award for Excellence-2022 for the novel Minotaur. His poems were included in the prestigious UN project: Happiness: The
Delight-Tree: An Anthology of Contemporary International Poetry, 2015.
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