‘‘Review of the poem ‘Jaguar’ by ‘Nika2019’

 

‘‘Review of the poem ‘Jaguar’ by ‘Nika2019’

I request readers to read the poem first from the link above and then only my review. Thanks.

The uniqueness of the genre poetry is in its austerity in the number of words, its sharpness, its visualization and above all the poetic traverse into an imaginary world or scene with the poet instantly. When we find a poem brims with the unique strengths of the genre, the experience is beautiful. What are the characteristics of a Jaguar? Chase its prey, be feline and the speed in its chases and leaps. The poem symbolizes a Jaguar with God but stops with that. Leaves it to the reader to gauge what are the typical traits and tasks of God. Similar to the coexistence of a prey, green and Jaguar in a habitat, religions are in the arena of God. And religions can fail, the chronology of the failure only varies. But God is good at his job, typically busy with it as ever, and he has nothing to with religions. All these have been scripted with a very few words. This poem is an example for excelling in poetic expression.