The first Spoken Word Poetry Competition of Bhopal 'Ink Poetry Slam' was organised for the poetry lovers of the city.It was organised by Swami Vivekananda library's poets club 'Club Ink'.
The competition was held at Swami Vivekananda library premises here on Saturday. Further, the competition was also organised to observe the International Women's Day.The poetry slam was held on the topic 'Enigma of Women' and would be in English language only.
Each participant was a time limit of three minutes to perform his or her poetry before the listeners.Further, the participant can perform his or her original poetry or also any poetry by an eminent poet or poetess.
Traditionally the library is known to celebrate the spirit of Women's Day each year in a memorable way and this time too it retained its reputation for the same.As many as 15 citizens of all ages from teenagers to Senior Citizens participated in the competition.
Meera Iyer, a retired teacher, was extremely pleased to know that Poetry Slam was being conducted and she participated very enthusiastically.
The winners of the Poetry Slam competition were Noorjahan Khan, Anansha Divya Upadhyay and Moulshree.The judges for the competition were Seema Raizada and Vivek Mishra, both well known in literary circles.The programme was compared by Devanshi Khetarpal and Meher Khan, the young literary enthusiasts of Kidadda fame.
Notably, this was an attempt to introduce the concept of Poetry Slam into the city. Hence the classic and traditional rules were relaxed partly.
The rules for the competition were stated before hand and several participants presented self-written poems. Devanshi and Meher presented their self written poems, although not as participants.
Their presentation was also much appreciated by the audience.library was filled to capacity and good audio-visual arrangement was provided.The event was successful in creating and enhancing interest forpoetry and poetry slam among the poetry lovers of the city.