Kathmandu,
March 31: Spiny Babbler nationwide poetry festival concluded today
at the Spiny Babbler premises in Kupondole amid a ceremony. Navin
Chitrakar, Chairman of Nepal Bhasa Kabita Munch said that he was
pleased to know that many young people wrote poetry in English well
and felt that there was a need for young poets to receive encouragement
and critical feedback regarding their work.
During
the ceremony, different young poets recited their poems. During
the festival period, three poetry readings for established poets,
new generation poets, and upcoming poets writing in Nepali as well
as English had taken place in Kathmandu. In Pokhara, poetry readings
for tourists and established poets took place on March 25 and 26
and respectively.
A poetry
recital programme was also held in Narayanghat and Dharan on March
29 and 31 respectively and two poetry recitals were held in Darjeeling
on February 27 and March 24. Discussions, interactions and data
collection took place during the festival. |