Chirpy verses
A Tribune report by SD Sharma
The poetic symposium or mushaira wherein poets recite their verses is a century-old literary tradition. But noted Urdu poet BD Kalia Hamdam gave a fresh twist to this literary genre by featuring birds as poets in his book Prindon ka Aalmi Mushaira on which a seminar was held at CL DAV Secondary School-Panchkula by the Ehsaas Adabi Society.
Here are the excerpts from an international poetic symposium by bird poets in progress somewhere as delineated in the book.
"Hameen Sur, Tulsi hameen Mir, Ghalib, hameen in mein rehte thhe chola badal kerr / Mili in ko jo daadh duniyan mein ‘Kumri’, Voh thi dar hakiqat hamaari ghazal perr……" sang poet Fakhta Kanpuri 'Kumri' claiming that birds are the primitive poets.
Twenty-two more 'bird poets' regaled the audience with their latest poetic creations. While poet Hans Maansroveri was the chief guest, Mayur Bharti presides over the mushaira. Poets like Teetar Haryanvi, Kabootar Lakhnavi, Maina Jaipuri, Bater Jallandhari, Tota Ludhianvi, Surkhab Panchkoolvi, the anchor, doled out their kalaams. "Hamdam has conceived the idea to capture the sweet utterances of 'bird poets' with wild imagination," observed SS Bhatti, the main speaker in the seminar. Noted poet Shams Tabrezi opined that the poetry by birds had the humour, poetic grammar and above all an ecological message.
The chief guest, Rajbir Deswal IGP (CID), Haryana complimented the author for giving a voice to the birds who spelt words of wisdom in their shayari.
The poetic symposium or mushaira wherein poets recite their verses is a century-old literary tradition. But noted Urdu poet BD Kalia Hamdam gave a fresh twist to this literary genre by featuring birds as poets in his book Prindon ka Aalmi Mushaira on which a seminar was held at CL DAV Secondary School-Panchkula by the Ehsaas Adabi Society.
Here are the excerpts from an international poetic symposium by bird poets in progress somewhere as delineated in the book.
"Hameen Sur, Tulsi hameen Mir, Ghalib, hameen in mein rehte thhe chola badal kerr / Mili in ko jo daadh duniyan mein ‘Kumri’, Voh thi dar hakiqat hamaari ghazal perr……" sang poet Fakhta Kanpuri 'Kumri' claiming that birds are the primitive poets.
Twenty-two more 'bird poets' regaled the audience with their latest poetic creations. While poet Hans Maansroveri was the chief guest, Mayur Bharti presides over the mushaira. Poets like Teetar Haryanvi, Kabootar Lakhnavi, Maina Jaipuri, Bater Jallandhari, Tota Ludhianvi, Surkhab Panchkoolvi, the anchor, doled out their kalaams. "Hamdam has conceived the idea to capture the sweet utterances of 'bird poets' with wild imagination," observed SS Bhatti, the main speaker in the seminar. Noted poet Shams Tabrezi opined that the poetry by birds had the humour, poetic grammar and above all an ecological message.
The chief guest, Rajbir Deswal IGP (CID), Haryana complimented the author for giving a voice to the birds who spelt words of wisdom in their shayari.
2 comments:
Beautiful names of the poets....it's high time some writers/poets give due respect to some lesser known animals in the similar way as bird poets - probably Mendha Rohtaki, Gaadad Sirsawaala, Jhotta Fatehabaadi, Khagad Adampuria. Enough of my perennial crap, On a serious note I believe the poets were full of their creative zeal and fresh verses, good on them...Cheers!!!
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