When
we write, we enter our own world. It is like we are in our own zone,
where we can’t be disturbed. (I’m writing this, but I don’t know why she
intended the “zone” in her name). Today, on Tuesday Reviews, I review a
poet who’s known to many through Thursday Poets Rally and here through
Potluck at times. Megzone is both blog name, and pen name at the space authored by Meghana, an Indian blogger.
Who’s the gal behind the poetry?
Meghana
is a blogger from India. She’s a little of a lot of things, according
to her introduction at the blog. She’s a little cute, a little alluring,
a little innocent, a little devilish, a little mystic… she also says
she has a little zeal, but I’d disagree. She has a lot of zeal. All
those little things are part of her disposition; uniqueness and grace
she says forms her core.
The look of the Zone…
The
Megzone blog uses Spectrum, one of the recent updates to the Wordpress
templates. Meghana has added a custom background, the light green color
of which gives a nice soothing effect. She has used quite a lot of the
widgets on offer, like recent posts and comments. In addition to that,
she has also used the html widget to incorporate features like Flag
Counter, Indiblogger Badge etc. There is also a subscription button
which you can use to get email notification when she updates her blog.
Poetic Zone:
Meghana
writes a lot of different styles of poetry, and at a very good
frequency each month. The poetry is at times simple and simple in depth
at times. Her free verse has a good flow to it, and rhyme as well. Many
of her recent posts are haikus, and there has been a haiku about a haiku
too. She's also into acrostics, sticking to the meaning of the theme
quite well.
Meghana has been writing poetry for a while now, and has over 250 posts. From her recent works, I'd suggest the post Rendezvous
for reading. She writes from her heart, and her poems are filled with
emotion. She writes well at almost every emotion, though fantasy seems
to be quite popular among her choices. The poems at times exude a calm
feeling.
She
writes for a variety of memes like Haiku Heights, Monday's Child,
Thursday Poets Rally etc. Being a reader of her blog, I feel her poems
for Monday's Child are easily her best works, the simple language and
feeling she gives to them is exactly what a child might love to read. I
think she writes good fiction too, but her focus is more on poetry than
on prose.
Suggestions:
The
template is fine, I think it is one of the better ones Wordpress has to
offer. Do incorporate the Archive widget, and Tag Cloud into the
sidebar. It'd be quite useful for readers to browse by category. I think
you can get into more forms of poetry too because you seem to easily
absorb the forms. From the fiction I've read, you're quite capable of
doing prose as well, so attempt them once in a while, if not often. Your
frequency is not affecting the quality of posts, so good job.
Who am I?
I’m Leo; author of I Rhyme Without Reason,
co-host of Review Tuesdays here at Jingle Poetry along with Someone is
Special. Hope you enjoy reading about the blogs, and do go read them
too. Megz, it was a pleasure to review your blog. I'll continue to read
it regularly of course. Do let me know how you found it, or if I went
wrong somewhere!
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