ARTICLE ON POETRY
A Brave Attempt of Poetry Review in a Collaboration Project
An Enjoyable Learning Experience With the Support of Trista Ainsworth, Keno Ogbo & Chirag
Writers think about bringing differences — to the society, to expressions, the opinions, to the world. And that also includes transforming and replace conventional ways to express or to adopt new ideas for putting words into action.
I believe I have got your attention.
The article is not about changing the world or changing any social rules or norms. As a writer, I thought to do something different in my writing and to learn more from others.
And so, I thought of a collaborative writing project with other fellow writers. The idea was simple, as I thought of working with fellow writers on the following sequences:
The total number of the collaboration content will be 4 poems, so each of us will have to read the other three writers’ contents, identify relevant aspects and provide feedback in any of the form of story or poetry.
End result?
After having the feedback from other fellow writers, each of us will work on new poetry, containing a few of the requested aspects of our articles. Those might be a prequel, sequel, or on a connected element of the first poetry.
Easy, right?
I wish.
The easier part was who I should approach. For this collaboration, I contacted three fellow writers, and within a couple of hours, they all said yes to my unrealistic idea. What to say?
Thank you, Trista Ainsworth, Keno Ogbo and Chirag, for your belief in me. My initial two cents from the writing collaboration:
As each writer will share their observations in their own words, here goes mine in the following.
Poetry: ‘Box of Strawberries’ (under the article: ‘How to Live in Joy’). Published on May 25, 2020.
Author: Trista Ainsworth
❤ LOVED
Juicy box of strawberry, full of joy: The first few lines were full of juiciness and fruit full, as those lines made me cherish my last encounter with the strawberries.
Festivity and celebration: The moments of joy, family time, and festivity sparked my mode during this vulnerable time.
Positiveness towards life and finding happiness in little pieces: Reminded me again that you can discover joys and pleasure from your daily life.
❤ NEXT PART. LOOKING FORWARD TO-
A new fruity savor story, which can depict another joyous celebration of moments with fruitiness, or,
Poetry about the celebrations happened in her daily life (from ‘How to Live in Joy’), or,
Content on the colorful depiction of seasons/ her favorite season.
❤ THINGS YOU WOULD INCORPORATE FROM THE WRITER
• Lively visualization of her words into life. • Flawless description of joys and the imaginative vision of looking into happiness.
❤ FAVORITE LINES
“A taste of late spring A box of joy for the senses I savor the joy with each bite”.
Poetry: ‘It Was Me’. Published on May 6, 2020.
Author: Keno Ogbo
❤ LOVED
Perspectives: The perspective of describing the words from her thoughts.
Simplicity and hope: With the inner thoughts of seeing the world in a simplistic way, with hopes and dreams.
Angles: Depicting the regular things from a different angle and differences, which made it more enriching experience to read.
❤ NEXT PART. LOOKING FORWARD TO-
Whether the perspective remained the same, if not — about the current aspects from her thoughts, or,
What others thought about her views/opinions into poetic form, or,
What she couldn’t hear, whom/what she judged and what in her perspective is not yet being set free.
❤ THINGS YOU WOULD INCORPORATE FROM THE WRITER
• Clear tone into what to express. • Genuine into her inner song.
❤ FAVORITE LINES
“Where I thought lockdown freed the world from a virus, it was me. I had been set free.”
Poetry: ‘Born To Die’. Published on March 17, 2020.
Author: Chirag.
❤ LOVED (and also hoped not to be a true fact)
Expression of the pain: The way she expressed the real pain and cried about how a girl feels in the Indian subcontinent.
Emotion: The emotion behind the poem.
Aspects: A clear indication of the horror aspect and societal views towards a girl.
❤ NEXT PART. LOOKING FORWARD TO
A poem on the mother’s aspect for the baby girl or the pain she has to take for a baby girl in her lifetime, or,
If the baby girl was born, her journey till she dies as old, or,
A boy’s/man’s aspect of seeing girls in the Indian sub-continent with the viewpoints and why the perspective has grown. (about the men, who have the perspective of dominance onto women)
❤ THINGS YOU WOULD INCORPORATE FROM THE WRITER
•The beautiful flow of the story. •Simple yet great word choices to describe the true essence.
❤ FAVORITE LINES
“I am denied by the mother who gave me birth. But Not the*Mother Earth*.”
The exciting part of this journey is I could discover the beautiful styles and viewpoints of the poets. Their poetic forms & the thoughts on the poems have opened a new learning zone for me. I had to read each line of the poems multiple times, which showed me that you would miss something important in poetry and lyrics if you just read it for once.
I salute my fellow writers on their great works and on sharing ‘words in vibrant shades, coated with hopes and dreams’. I’m looking forward to their upcoming great poetry pieces and to their feedback on my poetry content (shared below).
To Trista Ainsworth, Keno Ogbo & Chirag, ‘ ধন্যবাদ (Thank you)’.
©️Suntonu Bhadra. If you have enjoyed, the enjoyment is yours to keep.
