T.V.Reddy As A Poet Poem by Bijay Kant Dubey

T.V.Reddy, who was born in Dec.1943,
Took his M.A. in English
From Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
And a Ph.D. on the novels of Jane Austen,
He served Putur Govt. College, Putur.

One of a rural background,
Reddy is of the romantic twilight,
Faded and of lack lustre
Seen in the retreating days of it
And of Victorian grief,
Whatever call you, a major poet or a minor one,
Appearing in literary journals.

To read him is to know that he has authored
Quite a few slender books of poems,
When Grief Rains in 1982,
The Broken Rhythms in 1987,
The Fleeting Bubbles in 1989,
Melting Moments in 1994
Pensive Memories in 2005.

A poem of some assuming sadness,
Making or unmaking it,
He is sad, pensive, thoughtful and reflective
With much to deal with human despair;
A poet of the sunset and the dark footfall,
He takes to the shriek of a tiny bird,
A nest blown away in the hard wind.

Somewhere he falters and falls
While copying Wordsworth, Shelley and Tennyson
Echoes The Solitary Reaper, The Cloud, The Brook and In Memoriam,
But appears to be parodying,
Derivative and imitative,
But instead of, some merit is therein
To be seen in the poems, such as The Village Girl,
Maya, A Lone Bird, A Pair of Doves.