Kathmandu.
What could be the biggest achievement of human beings in their two
million years long existence? According to the Brigid O'Conner,
the acting director of the British Council, it is that the race
learned to stand upright and express their feelings.
Thanks
to this "achievement," a group of 26 young people have
come up with a book on writing, editing and publishing poetry "Creating
Verse", which was launched by O'Connor today.
The
poetry covers a wide range: from a ninth standard student to an
author of a book in three volumes. Their pens shed light like different
colors of the prism, a colorful future is before them. Some are
optimistic and some show their frustration. Isha Acharya, a ninth
grade student is philosophic: "Hundred of years have gone,
millions of books have been written. But could we introduce ourselves?
Introductions are not easy."
Arati
Dahal has many dreams. She says: "I am a single queen because
I am the queen of my dreams." Whereas, Sudarshan Guruacharya
finds disillusionment: "After all, I'm a lunatic lover whose
verses no one finds poetic." Eighteen of them attended a workshop
on poetry, on October 1 and 2, where they discussed heir poems,
views and experiences with Patricia Oxley and William Oxley as well
as with each other, according to Para Limbu, a member of the editorial
team.
Along
with selected poems from William's Kathmandu Reading, thirteen poems
composed on the spot during the workshop are also included in the
collection. A 17-year-old artist from Jhochhen, Sovit Man Baniya,
exhibited his paintings through computer-aided visuals during the
program. |