Collected Poems by Gieve Patel. Published in 2017 by Poetrywala, Paperwall Media and Publishing Private Limited, 1201/D, Octacrest, Lokhandwala Township, Kandivali (East), 400101. Pp: 159. Price: Rs 350.
Gieve Patel’s (pictured on page 220 and 226) poems have been published in three books: Poems (Nissim Ezekiel, Bombay, 1966), How Do You Withstand, Body (Clearing House, Bombay 1976) and Mirrored, Mirroring (Oxford University Press, Madras, 1991). Printed copies of these are almost impossible to obtain; hence, one cannot underestimate the importance of the Collected Poems which have been written over the last 60 years. He, Adil Jussawalla and Keki Daruwalla are probably......