POEMS OF AVEESH

I REMEMBER AVEESH  ,  A YOUNG POET HAILS FROM TRICHUR WHO HAD AN UNTIMELY DEATH . HE WASN'T A CLOSE FRIEND OF MINE .  A DAY'S FRIENDSHIP , THAT'S ALL . WE MET IN THE OPEN MAIDAN AROUND VADAKUMNADHA TEMPLE . WHEN SAID ADIEU ,  HE GAVE ME BUS FARE , REALIZING MY BANKRUPTCY . AN EMBODIMENT OF GOODNESS .

LATER , I GOT HIS COLLECTION OF POEMS , WHICH WAS PUBLISHED POSTHUMOUSLY , FROM ONE OF MY FRIENDS IN TRICHUR . IT CONTAINED MANY PROMISING VERSES . THERE WAS AN IN DEPTH STUDY ON AVEESH'S POEMS DONE BY K.G.SANKARAPILLAI . IT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE INTRODUCTIONS OF SANKARAPILLAI DID .  Dr.S.P.RAMESH'S NOTE WAS THERE IN IT ?  A POEM OF ATTUR RAVIVRMA ON AVEESH ? I DON'T REMEMBER .  I LOST THAT BOOK IN MY YEARS LONG WANDERINGS . YET ANOTHER LOSS.

I HAVE READ AVEESH'S POEMS QUITE A NUMBER OF TIMES , AND FROM THAT MEMORY I CAN ABSOLUTELY SAY THAT , OF THE POST MODERN NATURE POEMS DEVELOPED IN MALAYALAM ,  ITS TRACES WAS SEEN IN SOME OF HIS POEMS . THE LITTLE TIME I SPENT WITH HIM PROVED THAT HE HAD AN UNUSUAL VIEW , RADICAL OBSERVATIONS ON POETRY , AMONG OTHER THINGS . HE READ A LOT , I'M SURE.

OPEN GROUND OF VADAKUMNADHAN , STILL BRINGS TO MY MIND THE DAY WE MET.
HOW DID AVEESH CAME IN THAT AGE , IN A DAY , AND REMAINED AN UNFORGETTABLE FIGURE ?
LIKE A SOLITARY BIRD WITH NUMEROUS WINGS , WHERE HAD HE FLOWN AWAY ?

IS EVERY FARE WELLS
MEANT A RETURN ?
DON'T KNOW.
I'M IGNORANT.