A DIFFERENT KIND OF POETRY

Prakriti Foundation has crafted a fresh new festival for the city of Chennai, around powerful and contemporary poetry. Poetry is a form of expression that nearly everyone attempts at some time in his or her life. While poetry can take forms as diverse as classical devotional verses or lyrics of popular cinema, it is often the first brush that people have with ‘literature’.

Poems are best received when they are heard being spoken aloud, when their emotional content is being expressed by the human voice, and not just printed ink and paper. The intimate act of listening to poetry can be enjoyed in many ways. ‘Poetry with Prakriti’ is a new festival to be presented in Chennai by Prakriti Foundation in December ’07, where poets from varied backgrounds in multiple languages will read and share their poetry at many different locations across the city. This will allow multiple groups of people to enjoy creative expression rendered through poetry. The 25 poets have been drawn from Tamil and English, Kannada and other regional languages. These poets use different methods of expression in their work - from regular poetry to haiku, from deeply personal work to a comment on our times.

‘Poetry with Prakriti’ will let poets from the city and different parts of India meet different kinds of audiences, and also allow them to meet each other and savour the famed Chennai cultural season which is full of music and dance after mid December. This will allow multiple groups of people to enjoy creative expression rendered through poetry. The 25 poets have been drawn from Tamil and English, Kannada and other regional languages. These poets use different methods of expression in their work - from regular poetry to haiku, from deeply personal work to a comment on our times.

‘Poetry with Prakriti’ readings would have an approximate audience of about 40 to 100 people per poetry reading and therefore, we anticipate reaching around 5000 people in two weeks, taking 50 people per session over a 100 sessions. Besides this, we will also be working to promote the festival through appropriate media attention and other vehicles for publicity, which could result in reaching a much larger group that is aware of the festival and its content. We urge you to partner with us in this unique event, which gives you access to a large and discerning audience, and allows you to use your facilities in a simple and effective manner for maximum impact -  a different kind of poetry altogether!

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