Summary | Where Have I Kept The Poem? | Jayant Parmar

Where Have I Kept The Poem? | Jayant Parmar

        'Where Have I Kept The Poem?' is one of the poems of Jayant Parmar written in Urdu. It was translated into English by Baider Bakht. The poem focuses on the fact that poems cannot be created with the help of reference books nor with the help of instructions given by great poets. It cannot be created at a fixed moment of time. It has to spontaneoulsy flow from the depth of the heart which could happen at anytime. It is not necessary that one sits with a paper and pen to pen down a few lines from memory. The poem is written in simple prosaic form and has no rhyme. He just talks about the process of writing a poem.

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        The poem begins with a question that the poet asks for bringing out the poetic effect. He makes a frantic search for his poem everywhere. He looks in the drawers of his desk, on the table, in the cupboard, on the shelves. He looks though the pages of his old and new books, in the pockets of his shirts and in his briefcase. He then questions his friends Neruda, Amichai and Rike if they had seen his poem. While searching for the poem, he comes across paper and pen but the poem is absent from the notebook of his heart. From this, we can understand that the moment of creation is unpredictable. It cannot be created with the help of reference books or by following someone's instructions.

What is the poet trying to convey through his poem?

        In this poem 'Where Have I Kept The Poem', the poet Jayant Parmar has tried to talk about the process of writing a poem. A poem cannot be created with the help of reference books or textbooks nor by following someone's instructions. He wants to tell the readers that for writing a poem, the inspiration should come from within. It has to be felt by the heart and only then can it be transformed into a poem. It cannot be created at a fixed moment of time. It has to spontaneously flow from the depth of the heart which could happen at anytime. It is not necessary that one sits with a paper and pen to pen down a few lines from memory.

Where does the poet look for the poem?

        In the poem 'Where Have I Kept The Poem', the poet Jayant Parmar has tried to talk about the process of writing a poem. A poem cannot be created with the help of reference books or textbooks nor by following someone's instructions. The poet looks for the possible places he could have left his poem. He looks for it in the drawers of his desk, on his table, in the cupboard, on the bookshelf, in the pages of his old and new books, in the pockets of his worn shirt and in his leather briefcase.