Jhiltung literary camp seeks originality in contemporary poetry

            Trishuli (Nuwakot), Dec 21: The literary writers conducted its fourth edition of the kavya shibir (literary camp) at Jhiltung of Duipiple VDC in the district where the Mahakavi Laxmiprasad Devkota had composed the Kunjini epic.

            During the camp held on Saturday, even an interaction was held on originality of contemporary Nepali poetry. Shreehari Phuyal, RM Dangol, Madhav Ghimire 'Atal' and Chiranjivi Lamichhane put forth their views on whether the poems written these days, though in large number, have maintained originality.

            At the camp facilitated by Keshav Silwal, lecturer RM Dangol said there were a lot of issues to write the poems about. The internalization of the issues determines the novelty of poems. He added that the craftsmanship was essential to express the views through poetry.

            Similarly, another poet Shreehari Phuyal said the novelty should be determined by the poet himself, and the originality in the recent days was trite. So, time has come to seek different style of novelty. "Once the poet develops his own craftsmanship, he is able to maintain novelty. Otherwise, it was meaningless to seek novelty," he underscored.

            Chiranjivi Lamichhane was the next poet to say that the originality in the poems generated in the capital city and mofussil was different.

            As many as 22 poets including Prollas Sindhuliya, Raju Syangtan, Chetnath Dhamala, Bishnu Bhandari, Keadar Prasad Nepal, Keshav Amgai, Sangita Paneru, Kala Anuragi, Kapildev Khanal, Kebal Benami, Keshav Bimal, Pratha, Narayan Nepal, Pramila Dahal, Janak Bhattarai, Raj Kumar Putla, Haridhwoj Lamichhane recited their poems at the camp. RSS