Svara: A Collection of Poems

"Svara" by Gita Bharath is a landscape of everyday scenes which suddenly provoke new ideas or new perspectives. There are sections which deal with children and fauna, space-and-science-themed verses, mythological characters, and philosophical musings. The crisp and short style makes the poetry extremely readable. There are verses that will evoke laughter before you do a double-take and start thinking of underlying layers of meaning-nuggets of thought, spiced with sarcasm and wit to delight the taste buds of your mind. There's profundity also, as in-Can the sculptor be understoodBy the finely carved wood, Or the painter by his art?Isn't the creator outside of his creation, Unknowable, apar