A cop for words

Wasave,who was earlier a fisherman,now hopes to publish his latest compilation,Kavyasangraha,as a “tribute to the police force”. It will be a compilation of 100 poems by him,all on police personnel.

“I was born a fisherman and not a poet and studied only up to class 10. However,in the same sudden way in which I enrolled in the police force,I started writing poems in 2007. It began as meaningless doodling on the notepad while traveling to work and the next thing I knew is I had written a few lines on a family member or a friend,describing his values and work,” said Wasave.

After writing poems on all members of his family he went on to freedom fighters,celebrities,politicians,spiritual leaders and eventually policemen.

His poems have a unique style,as their length and meaning are defined by the number of letters in the name of the person being written about.

“If the name of the subject is Pratibha Patil,the poem will be of 13 lines equivalent to the number of letters in her name. The first sentence will begin with a word starting with P,the next with words starting with R,A,T,I,B,H,A and so on. The last words of the lines will show the person’s work or post. For example,the last words of each line when read vertically would read President of India,” he explained.

Wasave’s Kavyasangraha comprises poems on policemen of all ranks. He has written about Additional Commissioners of police like Sadanand Date and Suresh Khopde,deputy commissioners of police like Suhas Warke and Milind Bharambe,assistant commissioners of police as well as senior police inspectors and sub-inspectors of police besides constables.

“I just need to meet a person and speak to him for a few minutes,I can jot down a poem on them within no time and these cops have been witness to my work. A couple of senior inspectors have also promised to help publish my work,” said Wasave who has also written a poem describing the sacrifice of 26/11 martyrs.

Wasave has also won certificates of appreciation from former commissioners of police D N Jadhav and Hassan Gafoor as well as S L Kadam,senior police inspector of Nagpada police station where Wasave is posted. They describe him as a gem waiting to be discovered.