Rochelle Potkar's Blog, page 29
April 20, 2020
Poems climb like cats into digital worlds
(1) Rajorshi Narayan Patranabis #fbaudiolive will read a few of my poems namely: City 101, Envy, Prey. If you are at home (ha!) catch this at 9:30 pm IST, today, 21st April.
https://www.facebook.com/rajorshinarayan.patranabis
The little respite that poetry provides – windows – to an eternal-seeming lockdown.
(2) Meanwhile, Somrita Urni Ganguly inventively curated poets reading poets and here’s my video. Pardon the ambient noise.
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April 14, 2020
April 13, 2020
‘Paper Asylum’ – shortlisted at the Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2020
Very glad that my book ‘Paper Asylum’ (Copper Coin) is shortlisted at the Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2020.
The jury says – ‘Rochelle Potkar is selected for her elegant haibun tackling subtly the intimacy of everyday womanhood.’
It’s a high for the hybrid form of haibun too. Also, thanking my associates and well-wishers – too many to name – for having faith in me.
This is for us!
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April 10, 2020
Live on Insta for Poetry Live & Kitab Khana, 11th April/5:45-6oo pm
Meet me on Insta live today 11th April at 5:45-6:oo pm, (Kitab Khana handle) reading out a few of my poems for Poetry Live, curated by Ashwani Kumar & Kitab Khana bookstore and cafe, Fort, Mumbai.
My poem ‘ȿ0µr¢ĕ ¢®Đĕ’ in The Lockdown Journals
The Lockdown Journals has my poem ‘ȿ0µr¢ĕ ¢®Đĕ’ featured too, amid intriguing prose and poetry.
Read here:
https://thelockdownjournals.wordpress.com/
An initiative by Goa Writers – a vibrant, diverse creative community, whose members have strong connections to India’s smallest state.
March 30, 2020
Poetry Live with Kitab Khana (Lockdown logbooks)
When poetry transmits airborne, imagination-borne, sound-borne through lockdowns and padlocks, it might become more lethal than a virus. Thank you, Ashwani Kumar, for curating such an inclusive online poetry fest. You inspire.
Dear Friends,
You are welcome to the hearings, with or without red herrings.
March 26, 2020
Rehashed mosaic – a poem/ JRLJ Issue 16.
I’m thinking about the power of love during lockdown.
Romantic poems that earlier faded against other themes, these days seem like the only recourse.
Joao-Roque Literary Journal, Issue #16 / Edited by Selma Carvalho.
What do you think?
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March 20, 2020
Makers India list of: ‘5 Women Poets From India Are Winning the World’
21 March. World Poetry Day.
As we reel pensive, holding our breaths between prayer and poetry, Makers India has incl. me in a compilation by Athira Nair ‘These 5 Women Poets From India Are Winning the World’.
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‘Anthill’ video-poem for Poetry Paradigm (World Poetry Day)
And my tribute to nature with video-poem ‘Anthill‘.
When all else fails, love redeems.
For Poetry Paradigm.
#poetryparadigm #unesco #worldpoetryday #worldpoetryday2020 #coronavirus #stayathome
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March 19, 2020
Quarantine tips to writing stories, anyone?
And if ghar baithey-baithey, you want a Go! at that short story idea always haunting you, here are worthwhile tips compiled by Dalreen Ramos. Use your quarantine. :))
