Kamala Das has mostly been assessed as a writer in this genre of confessional poetry. Among the modern Indian poets writing in English today, she has been ranked with such poetesses of dissatisfaction and discontent as Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton, though the comparison is seen by many as undeserving. There are essentially two sides to Kamala Das’s poetry. One is that which is extraordinary centered around her own self, probing the malaise and morbidity that seem to clamp on her poetic vision. The current article highlights the art and technique in Kamala Das poetry.