Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Night Watch Comments

Rating: 4.2

Awake for hours and staring at the ceiling
Through the unsettled stillness of the night
He grows possessed of the obsessive feeling
That dawn has come and gone and brought no light.
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Vikram Seth
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Chinedu Dike 11 November 2024

Deep, concise, poignant.

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Bri Edwards 11 November 2023

This poem 'BEGS' to have more stanzas, but stands alone as a tribute to insomnia. bri ;) 4 stars

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Chinedu Dike 24 September 2022

Depression is aptly captured in this insightful quatrain

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Khairul Ahsan 17 September 2018

Crisp and concise, yet the poem, with an apt title, clearly draws a picture of night watching 'Through the unsettled stillness of the night'. I commend poet Rajnish Mongia for 'seeing through' the poem and bringing out the gist of it, shared with his own wisdom.

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Rajnish Manga 17 September 2018

Inner darkness or the pervading pessimism does not allow us to see light of positivity. Beautifully expressed by the poet. Thanks.

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Edward Kofi Louis 17 September 2018

Awake! ! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Kumarmani Mahakul 17 September 2018

That dawn has come and gone and brought no light.....so touching and meaningful. Beautiful poem shared.

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Anil Kumar Panda 17 September 2018

The night passed with a sad heart and troubled mind. Very nice.

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Adrian Flett 17 September 2018

The watch of the night and 'the unsettled stillness' creates a disturbing feeling in the reader of this concise poem.

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Ruta Mohapatra 17 September 2018

Brings a feeling of sadness, sympathy for the tortured soul.

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Mahtab Bangalee 17 September 2018

unstable mind and delusive situation

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Muzahidul Reza 17 September 2018

unsettled stillness of the night, wisely used thid phrase in this short poem, sounds good work

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Jasbir Chatterjee 17 September 2018

Remaining awake to see the clock ticking away relentlessly is not a very pleasant task indeed...What a lovely way of describing it...That dawn has come and gone and brought no light. Congrats, once again, Vikram, for being the Poet of the Day!

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M Asim Nehal 28 January 2016

Very true when you are disturbed it happens.

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B. Laxmi Priya 10 September 2013

dawn has come and brought no light.... can be interpreted in many ways... lovely reading

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Vikram Seth

Vikram Seth

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