The debut volume of poetry by Anie Mathew brings us an emotion that is beyond the scope of verbalisation where, after reading each poem, a reader would simply stop for a while and start meditating upon the verses. The experience is similar to that of a sweet pain that we experience standing upon a valley looking at a majestic sunset or looking at the stars blinking upon the skies on a beautiful summer night.
Hailing from the green paradise of India, Kerala, Poet Anie Mathew is a bilingual poet. She enjoys writing haiku in English & Malayalam whereas, her works have been featured by a few online media.
Anie was born in Kerala, as the daughter of Mullasseril Mathew and Sosamma. She completed a Master's degree in English Literature & a Bachelor's in Education from universities in India before leaving for the USA.
The poet prefers to live far away from the crowd. In her own words, "a cottage in the countryside, wildflowers and books are the conditions that will satisfy my heart," the same defines the poet who believes in a meaningful life amidst the bountifulness of nature.
Anie is now living in Chicago, USA, and had been working in the health care industry for the past 30 years.
My lines should speak who I am!
I started keeping a poetry notebook since I was in high school, but with all the restrictions for a convent educated girl from Kerala, I never had the courage to show any of my scribbles to anyone, rather ashamed.
Growing up, what affected me the most was restrictions placed on me by my mother with the intention to raise a well-disciplined girl, but all the don'ts in a life imposed nothing but toxic stress and impaired my ability to relate to others to a great extent. Restricting me from reading any of Kamala Das's poems is just an example of how my mother held me to unrealistic standards. When I scribbled at that age, I just wrote about certain people who evoked my emotional centres in some way but nothing too relevant.
There is a current trend in poetry for immediacy in English and in other areas of life, which means that ideas and clarity are almost demanded at a surface level. However, I am afraid literature does not work like that. Writing (and not just poetry) can have more depth and more meaning than a mere glance at the surface can possibly give the reader.
The whole point of poetry is that the conciseness and precision of the language convey more meaning and ideas than some of the best novels and plays as far as the language is concerned. The poets of the bygone have undeniably proven this fact. Though there are long poems such as The Faerie Queen, The Decameron, Endymion, Paradise Lost, The Divine Comedy, The Canterbury Tales, etc., which are all epics in their way, it is those short poems that are still considered timeless works of merit that dance in the hearts of readers.
I have been reading the poems that I indicated as a byproduct of the aforementioned trend, however, it was then that by mere coincidence I came across the works of Anie Mathew. I was, instead of disappointed, rather excited to read a manuscript that contained short, crisp poems that rather took me to planes that were as deep as an ocean.
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