Time is able to edit the person and the line he has created. Time also dictates the colors of the literary palette. In this context, let us refer to the recently published “After 48” collection of poems by young poet, songwriter, author-performer Narek Cosmos.
Each work of the collection is a step to “read” the human nature. The rhythmic poetry of Narek Cosmos is a connection between the person and objects, phenomenas and feelings. Life outside life, inside while coming in and going out. With the poem, the author transforms, gives life to inanimate objects, sometimes rebels against himself. No tangled moments. Narek’s poem flows clearly and deeply, every day.
The author’s poetry vividly exposes reality with all its layers, levels and characters. Poetic Awakening: this is how we can characterize the first few poems of the collection, in which the author searches for himself, the world and the people around him, the human self, goes after the essence of the problem of relationships and touches the subconscious a little.
The city, the building, the person living in that city and that building with all its nature and character define the author’s poetic interests. The poet sometimes completes stanza with philosophical conjunctions.
The author expresses his feelings succinctly. Regardless of plot developments, the poems in the collection “After 48” become conversational for the reader.
The lines that have already become songs, which are summarized in the last section of the book, deserve special attention. In Narek’s poetry, the events are formed on the basis of characters.
He is the main character, sometimes he loses himself in big and small cities, in their house in Gyumri, between the strings of the guitar, in the song he created, in the eyes and ears of people. What does this conditional-real romantic and personalizing-symbolizing poet want? You will know after reading “After 48” collection.
Vova Arzumanyan
