Hi all, Whenever I read a book by Rabindranath Tagore, I read each sentence at least two times to decipher the depth of the thoughts concealed in his words. Stray Birds is a collection of some 300 one to two lines poem. The 1 or 2 lines poems has so much profundity that I read some of them at least 5 times. After reading each poem, I kept thinking about them.
That made me read this book for many days.I used to read 25-30 poems each day to savor the words of the poems in my heart. This book is one of the finest piece of literature. How better can a poetry start? Every sentence you read will give you some new thoughts . You will start to think about flowers, sun, birds, flame, river, moon, darkness etc. The way Tagore defines the non-existing emotions between them is fantastic. Tagore simply makes you an observer rather than a philosopher through this book . Wonderful work from Tagore!
It's hard to express the magnitude of sweetness one could receive after reading it. Highly recommended to read in the dawn or dusk of the day. Thanks for reading my review.
