Reviews…

I have been moved by the purity of your poems. May I use a simple word as my comment: I like this kind of poetry.

Dr.Tin-Wen Chung, Ph.D., LL.D.,Litt.D.
President Emeritus, World Congress of Poets, Taipei, Republic of China

I enjoyed reading every line of it (Ripples of Change).I am attracted to your economy of language and lyrical content.

Rosemary C.Wilkinson
   Secretary General,
World Academy of Arts and Culture, CA 95667, USA

When you read Venkataramana’s poems, you know that each poem hides a beautiful thought coming from his innermost soul.

Erika Dias, Sri Lankan Poet

Titles of his (Venkataramana’s) poems reveal a vast range of objects that make up the repository of one’s perceptions. He can write on flowers and vultures with a sort of detachment which is splendidly aesthetic.

A Russel (U.K.), Fellow British Council, London in Poetry Time         

I am not a literary critic, but I appreciated your sincerity and the poetic mind behind the poems (Divine Pathways).
Swami Ranganathananda Hyderabad

I have glanced through the pages of your book (Divine Pathways), and felt like lingering now and then and re-reading some of the pieces… Simple in phrasing, and touched with familiar imagery, Divine Pathways will appeal to a far audience

  K.R.Srinivasa Iyengar
Madras

I have read your poems with great interest… They are remarkable for the sharpness of tone and maturity of expression.
Dr Ha.Ma. Nayak
Mysore

All through the book (Divine Pathways) are memorable poems by a gifted poet.
Dr Marie L.Nunn in Poet

This (Divine Pathways) is a likeable collection of gracious thoughts with neat word-play…
                                                                                               
Dr Prema Nandakumar, Tiruchi

The most important feature of Mr Venkataramana’s poetry is the precision and brevity suited to the expression of intricate feelings overflowing with purity of spiritual thought which makes Divine Pathways an unalloyed verbal translation of the experiences mastered by a mystic.

  Dr A.H.Tak
Reader, Department of English
   University of Kashmir, Srinagar

On Vales of Mystery

… I liked poems like ‘Beggars’ where the metaphor surprises by its novelty.

Dr C.D. Narasimhaiah
Dhvanyaloka, Mysore

Dr. K.V.Venkataramana’s poems, in this book, are short and crisp, at once gripping the attention of the reader with their sheen ideas and spruce images, enlightening with their philosophical insights, and evince his staunch faith in poetry and God. It is a beautiful, little book of wordy miniatures that certainly enriches Indian English poetry.

Dr D.C. Chambial in Kavitha India

All the poems in this book are short and sweet, and they sparkle like beautiful pearls.

Dr K.Chidananda Gowda, Mysore

On Refreshing Breeze

A wonderful chapbook of mostly short poems, but all seem to have the goal of  making us understand the realities of life better. I would suggest that this chapbook is an excellent read for anyone.

Dale Chalmers, Canada in The Plowman

…the whole chapbook is beautiful. Read this chapbook for yourself, you will enjoy it.

    John Nicols, Canada in The Plowman

My reaction to the poetry (in Refreshing Breeze) is a desire for more of Dr Venkataramana’s verse of the type of ‘Being Unique’… It is eastern verse at its best.

Ian MacLennan, N.S., Canada in The Plowman

Many of the poems have a mystic aspect to them. A very worthwhile book.

V.J.Armstrong, Australia in The Plowman

...this (Refreshing Breeze) may be seen as a didactic collection, the advice given being informative and extremely truthful.

Richard Ball, Powys, North Vales in The Plowman

…the present collection of poems (Refreshing Breeze) is a strong testimony to the eminence of Dr. K. V. Venkataramana as a poet of imaginative and spiritual calibre, and almost all his poems reveal his rare creative art which is unique by itself.

Dr. T. V. Reddy, Puttur (A. P.)

Every poem is a mystic marvel.

Dr. Dwarakanath H. Kabadi
Bangalore

Both in thought and style, Dr. K. V.Venkataramana’s poetry is ‘refreshing breeze’ for those who love their own tradition and traditional values. The poet projects very vividly the Indian mystic philosophy of Vedas and Upanishads as well as his own theory of poetry which, too, is virtually Indian, like his thought…A thorough analysis of his poetry will certainly indicate that Dr. Venkataramana is an architect, ‘a sage of eternal message’, an inspired philosopher with lofty ideals whose poetic inspiration flows’ like river Saraswati ‘and whose imagination soars higher and higher like eagle.

Dr. A. H. Tak
University of Kashmir
Srinagar – 190 006

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