It has been a wonderful experience reading through the one hundred  and eight poems of Shri  Praveen Kumar Urva.   The first reaction of mine to his request that I should write a foreword for the collection was one of surprise at my being chosen for the task.               My pretensions to literary  skills being next to nothing, I even wondered, if a healthy young man in a very responsible job should permit himself this profligacy or the indulgence of writing poetry.    But knowing him, as I do, to be  unique, in a sense, I ventured to accept the challenge-if only to probe the psyche of the author.  I can straight away say that I have been rewarded.

A quick run through of the titles of the poems would convince anyone that the author’s  interests are as wide-ranging as  life  itself.                                                            His  verbal skill and  felicity of expression are admirable.  With a rich vocabulary which includes frequently words and phrases not in general currency he is able to weave patterns of evocative thoughts and impressions with sweet  cleverness.  Free verse though it might be, it has all the charm and engaging character of the best  of  traditional poetry. Though the author denies inspiration from elsewhere, particularly from other well known authors-one can discern echoes of some of the best in the field.

Greatness,  they  say,  does  not  consist  in  experience,  but  the  capacity  for experience.   What a blessing will it be if it were to be topped by the ability to verbalise that experience !  The author is verily blessed, in this sense.  

 ABOUT THE AUTHOR

1. For online Links to his published articles in National Dailies  and Periodicals, please go to following Link:

https://www.facebook.com/pryveen/posts/537031279767893    

2. For online Links to his Love Poems, go to following Links:

IN ENGLISH 

https://www.facebook.com/pryveen/posts/538121672992187:1

IN KANNADA

https://www.facebook.com/pryveen/posts/538121672992187:0