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Description of the Book:
‘The Agony of Tacenda’ is the second published collection of poems by Spandan Nath.
Tacenda means “Things that are best left unsaid”. The poet explores the pain he faces everyday for the things that he believes can never be spoken out loud, sometimes out of fear that he would be misunderstood and sometimes just because it’s exhausting to explain how his mind works.
This collection of poems are about things left unsaid verbally, but the agony of keeping those within one’s heart was so great that the artistic essence in the poet had to address them as honestly as possible, in words. This is a set of extremely personal poems of an individual who deals with his mental health issues, loss of people to death, loss of his own identity, betrayal from what one may call love and finally… finding his place among his kingdom of words. Yet the journey doesn’t end there, because words also fail him at times and the agony of the same has also been explored.
Honesty is the most important part of this collection, hence curse words do appear quite abundantly in these poems. Poetry to the poet is not what is called traditionally beautiful or even poetic, but the expression of what can be said between the lines or sometimes within the lines that he once believed no one else would ever care to read.
The Agony of Tacenda
Author's Name: Spandan Nath About the Author: Spandan Nath is a writer, poet, artist, photographer and filmmaker. He has been writing since an early age and recollects writing his first ever poem when he was eight. He believes that most art-forms that he practices are but different media for the same expression. Although, he believes that he began that journey as a visual artist (scribbles more than art), he found it to be a natural progression or at times even an evolution to be able to express that feeling or desire through poetry. Spandan has a Masters Degree in English Literature (with Research), a Diploma in Filmmaking and a Certificate in the Art of Printmaking from a renowned Art College in Mumbai. He has also been part of the prestigious Study at the United States Institute for Leaders in New Media and Journalism at the University of Oklahoma, in 2011. He lives in Thane, by himself. Spandan’s works, which range from Stories, Essays and Poetry are published in multiple anthologies and also a poetry collection called “In the Pause and other poems”. His interest in Academic Research has also led him to be published in multiple research journals based in India. He has exhibited exclusively in multiple Art Exhibitions, as well. Currently, he is a freelancer doing different forms of art along with his business partner and best friend. He believes he is in search of a Nom de Plume and shall continue writing under that when inspiration may strike. Book ISBN: 9789358733372