O.P.Bhatnagar

O.P.Bhatnagar as a poet is but a realist, Mainly a societal one, Telling about hardcore realities and this tragic living Of tragic times, Nailing the truth, However bitter it may be. Thought Poems,1976, Feeling Fossils,1977, Angels of Retreat,1979, Oneiric Visions,1980, Shadows In Floodlights,1984, The Audible Landscape,1993, Cooling Flames of Darkness,2001, Themselves tell of his poetry, The art and trend of his writing. A teacher of English who used to at Amravati Before settling in New Delhi, He edited the books of criticism and poetry And side by side wrote poetry, Inducting in fact and fiction, Tragedy and the tragedy of living In tragic times. Apart from satire, wit and irony, Existentialism and nothingness taught him To take life otherwise And he took too in that stride, A poet social and societal, But bewildered and at a loss To conclude about. Today he is no more, But he of course excelled in writing capsule poems, The brief poems full with wit and witticism, Satiric bits And realistic tidbits of modern life and living.