Rochelle Potkar's Blog, page 40

Chair Poetry Evenings 2018

Chair Poetry Evenings’ inaugural year has unfurled and it’s exciting to see poets from Macedonia, Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland, Australia, Slovenia and India.

I hope friends in Kolkata are attending.

My write up in the Kathmandu Tribune –

‘When a curious young Indian poet gypsies around the world, he brings along the idea of a festival at the sole of his weather-beaten shoes, as unique as Chair Poetry Evenings. Ardent poetry archivist Sonnet Mondal conceptualizes with poet and painter Tushar Dhawal a sphere-parallel linguistic overlay of elegiac latitudes and poetic texture, which is to sprout this November in Kolkata.’

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‘Amber’ in International Proverse Poetry Prize Anthology 2018 “Mingled Voices 3”

Happy to be awarded a place in Hong Kong’s International Proverse Poetry Prize Anthology 2018 “Mingled Voices 3” for my poem ‘Amber’.


 


Can’t wait to read the other poems.


Proverse

Ahmedabad, to receive award for ‘War specials’

#AILF2018 gives platform to the Award Distribution Function of ‘The Great Indian Poetry Contest’ by On Fire Cultural Movement, Fouqia Wajid & team.


 


So looking forward to Ahmedabad, the ceremony, and reading my poem ‘War specials’ there!


 


Who’s meeting me #rochellepotkar on 25th November?

My story ‘Eternal Swirl’ in The Best Asian Speculative anthology

My speculative story ‘Eternal Swirl’ too features in this splendid anthology, edited by Rajat Chaudhuri. Series editor: Zafar Anjum.

Order your copy today!

Click here for link.

My book longlisted for the Cochin Lit Fest Poetry Prize 2018.

So my poetry book ‘Four Degrees of Separation’ has been longlisted for the Cochin Lit Fest Poetry Prize 2018.

Glazed & Amazed!

In case you haven’t read the book, here’s the link:

https://goo.gl/Bhfc9F

‘Stillborn’ video-in-poem by kalArt

My haibun ‘Stillborn’ in its best form: a video, by kalArt.

I should stop now finding new avtaars for it. It’s done!

Darkness poems at The Castiko Space, Andheri (3rd Nov, 7:30 pm)

I will be sharing some of my poems on darkness at The Castiko Space, Andheri, this 3rd November 2018.

What does darkness mean to me?

What does darkness mean to you?

7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, with a superb line up of poets.

Check the FB page.

Guftugu (poems in transcreation)

Can’t say I am a translator, more a transcreator, but I enjoyed delving into the poems of Udayan Thakker, published in ‘Guftugu’ (Editors – K Satchidanandan and Githa Hariharan).

Share your thoughts.

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‘Summer Hills’ haibun-in-video has arrived! [Listen in]

My haibun ‘Summer Hills’ in video form. Just for you.

(by kalArt).

https://youtu.be/HGJu0h7sGGQ

My audio poems in Lyrikline (International archives)

So glad to share that my poems are nested in audio in Lyrikline.

Wanna hear? Listen to delectable international poetry while at that – for tired eyes but vivid hearts.

Click here to listen.