Reviews
“Alok’s poems create a vivid tapestry of imagery and emotion, intimate yet expansive. His elegant lines celebrate the beauty of language while inviting readers into deeper meaning.”
“Sinha captures the challenging relationships between nature and human nature, delivering accessible poems of shared experiences and feelings. God is present in many verses, as is the view that hope leads to peace. Compassion, love, and sensuality all find voice in this uplifting collection.”
“This anthology memorializes place and state of mind, running the gamut of emotions—regret, wistfulness, despair, and hope. Poems set in familiar surroundings—Snowing in Seattle, Boat in Elliott Bay, Marymoor Park—resonate strongly. Sharing ‘the inner life’ is always an act of kinship.”
Reedsy Discovery – Review (excerpt)
At nearly 250 pages, Alok Sinha’s God of Second Chances is a massive debut collection from a poet of considerable talent and ambitious scope. Written over a number of years, these poems read as an account of authentic modern humanity, but with resonances that also call to mind some of poetry’s oldest traditions.
Sinha demonstrates tremendous craftsmanship across poetic genres. He seems equally comfortable writing in short lyrics and longer interpersonal narratives or character sketches. And his eye and heart and voice are insightfully tuned to an array of topics. Love, nature, socio-cultural critique, the COVID-19 pandemic, and human resilience populate these poems, receiving impressive reflective attention in every instance. In some cases, Sinha calls upon gestures that read as Romantic or Romantic-adjacent. In others, the poet deploys structures and focus that read as characteristically 21st century. And this diversity enriches the work, suggesting not only Sinha’s dexterity as an artist but also his breadth as a student of poetic history…
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