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About The Book

This book is a testament to the enduring power of poetry to illuminate the human heart. Across these pages, love is presented not as fleeting or idealized but as an essential, inescapable force- sanguine, melancholic, a profoundly intertwined with the fabric of life, the beloved appears as both human and transcendent: luminous, sacred and ineffable, the central presence around which longing, devotion, and reflection revolve.
This collection engages, deeply with the history of poetry. It draws on the romantic reverence for beauty and myth, particularly the Grecian imaged of Keats and the emotional subtlety of Shakespeare. At the same time, it converses with modern sensibilities, echoing Neruda’s lyric intimacy and Hardy’s quite dissolution. Yet its voice remains unique, marked by inventive diction, vivid imagery and a fearless engagement with the spectrum of human emotion.
Throughout, myth, nature and moral complexity intertwined: Greek myths and legends are associated with unique diction to reflect the universality of emotional observation. Love is portrayed as luminous and inevitable, celebrated for its beauty, its melancholy, and its permanence.
This book is more than a collection of poems; it is a carefully often mosaic of voices and forms, classical and experimental, intimate and cosmic. It invites the reader to witness love’s many dimensions, to reflect on the interplay of memory, longing, and imagination and to experience the potency of poetry itself.
-Dr Umesh Chandra Mahapatra
Head, P.G. Department of English,
Panchayat College Bargarh, Odisha

About The Author

Rising like a mischievous moonbeam from the literary skies of Panchayat College, Bargarh, Milan Kumar Jena, a student of P.G. 3rd Semester and proud son of Rajkumari Jena and Santosh Jena, presents Mad Moonbeams, a reflective and evocative collection that delves into the emotional, pastoral and intellectual terrains of love and existence. His verses weave together myth, memory, and introspection, creating a subtle dialogue between classical reverence and contemporary sensibility. Through an intricate balance of feeling and thought, Mad Moonbeams reveals the poet’s meditative engagement with human vulnerability, beauty, and transience, affirming poetry’s power to illuminate the hidden harmonies of longing, imagination, and the eternal rhythm of life. May this luminous book of poetry soar high, spark minds, and touch souls far and wide.
Dr. N Suman Shelly
PG Department of English
Panchayat College, Bargarh (Odisha)