M. Mohankumar writes a poem on the thoughts and emotions that a beautiful cherry tree in the backyard evokes.
Inspired and moved by what he has read in ‘The Diary of a Young Girl’, M. Mohankumar writes a poem that invokes powerful images of the life of Anne Frank along with her family in their hideout during World War II. 2015 marks the seventieth anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camps.
A mother teaches her child music, even as he wonders about the future of the music that he is learning. Years later though, he realizes the worth of the music his mother taught him and the truth behind her words. M. Mohankumar pens a poem on the music lessons and the conversations between the mother and her child.
A meeting, a long wait, the beginning of a relationship and a sudden parting with some promises made. And then some questions that linger, waiting for answers. M. Mohankumar’s poem captures the feelings of a heart aching for a beloved’s return.
In two poems, M.Mohankumar describes the thoughts of a man entranced by the beauty of a woman.
A man listening to music suddenly travels back in time – to the memory of a butterfly that he had chased as a young man. M. Mohankumar’s poem on the theme ‘Travel’, is about travel of a different kind.
M. Mohankumar has never failed to capture our imagination with his poetry. He has been associated with Spark since September 2013 and in every issue since then, we have published at least one or more of his poems. What we love about his poems are the perspectives they present on a month’s theme – something different and more importantly, interesting. The simplicity of the words is striking and Mohankumar is someone who can convey so much in so little. He is a poet who presents profound truths about life and interesting human traits through simple words and beautifully structured poems that occasionally also have subtle humour underlying them.
An interview with M. Mohankumar.
A wristwatch from childhood, bought under rather strange circumstances, continues to hold a special place, even though many costlier and flashier watches make their way into the narrator’s life. M. Mohankumar’s poem is a tribute to that wristwatch.
The bond that a child shares with her mother is characterized by assurance – the child’s instinctive belief that there could be no safer place in this world that a mother’s arms, writes M. Mohankumar in his poem.