We...the Poets 2019

 

A bit of poetry lives in all of us, but only a few can pen it down. For the poets who among us dwell, Society for Promotion of Art and Culture, also known as SPArC, annually conducts a multilingual self-composed poetry contest called — "We . . . The Poets", in four different languages, namely Hindi, English, Urdu and Bangla, alluring not only eager, and earnest participants, but a healthy, poetry enthusiast audience as well.

Rules :

1. The students who wish to participate must drop their entries in the SPArC drop box.

2. Their entries should mention their name, roll no., class, language, and contact number.

3. The participants have to bring two copies of their self-composed poetry.

4. The participants are free to choose between any language out of these four — English, Hindi, Urdu and Bengali, but they must stick to the language of their choice, and should not switch back and forth between two, or more languages.

5. The judge's decision is to be considered final, and their judgement should be respected by all.

6. The time limit for each participant is 5 + 1 minutes, maximum.

7. The participants are expected to be in their college uniform, and must carry with themselves their valid I-card/ Admission Fee Receipt. Students without college uniform will be denied participation.

The judgment criteria for this competition is built upon the pillars of creativity and imagination, posture and gestures, style, recitation, confidence, and content.

This year on 21st September 2019, 'We. . . The Poets' was organised at the college auditorium. A total of 86 students had participated — 36 in Hindi, 6 in Urdu, 16 in English and 9 in Bangla. Three judges were invited from different colleges of the city; the judge for both the English and Bangla poets was Professor Aditi Chatterjee, the retired head of the Department of English of Mrs KMPM inter college. Dr. Kalyani Kabir was the judge for the Hindi poets; she is the Principal of JKM Degree College, Salboni, Ghatsila. Mr. Rizwan Aurangabadi — the headmaster of Kabir Memorial Urdu High School — was the judge for the Urdu poets.

It was an afternoon full of lyrical, and prosaic verses on varied topics — like 'mother', 'soldier', 'female', etc, — and an earnest, cheering audience.

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