"These poems of Abraham Karickam are in the great tradition of devotional poems, whether in the East or in the West. To Abraham God is not a category or an Idea. God is a living person both loving and lovable, a person with whom one can forge friendship both human and divine, a rise and fall, growth and decline. It can rejuvenate, it can resuscitate. In love relations there are stages of frustration, and despondency and also stages of exultation and ecstasy. This moment one is at the summit of a union with the Lord, the next moment is in the abyss of alienation.
The different mental states created by love in the poet are given powerful expressions in these poems. As it is, the love between mankind and God and it's ways are strange and wonderous.
............To me these poems have been a mine of delight. I recommend them to my friends with all my heart. Their shortcomings pale into insignificance in the lustre of their intensity and sincerity. I wish Abraham the best; may he fully blossom in the years to come. May these poems find favor with you".
Dr K. M Tharakan (Former President of Kerala Sahitya Academy)
It is a collection
of 60 love poems written on various occasions. Most of these were written in
Taize Community, France during different visits.
The first edition was released by Dr.
Alexander Marthoma Valiya Metropolitian by giving the first copy to Dr. K M Tharakan
at a function held in Mar Thoma College Thiruvalla.
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