Vihang A. Naik

POETCRIT : The very first page of Making a Poem by Vihang Naik some what hints towards the contents of the book when is reads as :

“Making Poem is a powerful, affecting collection of poetry that sheds a fascinating light upon the writing process and poet’s personal aesthetics.”

The collection by Vihang Naik who teaches English at Shree Ambaji Arts College (Gujarat) affiliated to Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University ( Patan ), is a replica of poetic perfection. There are few collections in our Indo-English Poetry which deal with the themes of Poetics and Poetic Process. Writing Poetry and comprehending its process are two poles apart analogies. Only a meditative and thoughtful person can look and watch to it. The one major theme which is seldom even touched by most of the poets of the world. In Making of Poem which is divided in five section - ‘Are you looking for that Poet?’, ‘The Poet As A Young Man,’ ‘Making A Poem Comes A five,’ ; ‘A Poet’ - each again consisting of five Poems, we find 25 Poems mostly on ‘Poetry’ , ‘Poet’, ‘Poem’ and their related topics where the master craftsmanship of Poet is visible as well as his brilliant command over language can be seen....
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- Shaleen Kumar Singh ( Research Scholar In English :'Sai Neeharika', Patiyali Sarai, Badaun ,  U.P. India  )

Singh, Shaleen Kumar . Rev. of Making A Poem, by Vihang Naik . Ed. D. C. Chambial. Maranda, HP , India . , PoetCrit ( jour issue ) ,  January 2007 .Vol.XX.,No .1.,  p.114 -115.