The students of Krishna Menon Memorial Government Women’s College engage themselves in hanging poems of students from various colleges across India on Poetree.
“For pecking order, dare me ram,My body mine, and I, no thing.Bartered to be, I seek not that sham.
That’s not my nikah, no, not mine,” writes Shamla Musthaffa Mohamed, an M.A. English studies student from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi in her poem That’s Not My Nikah.
That’s not my nikah, no, not mine,” writes Shamla Musthaffa Mohamed, an M.A. English studies student from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi in her poem That’s Not My Nikah.
Shamla Musthaffa Mohamed’s poem and around a hundred other poems by students of various colleges in India hang on the branches of the ‘Poetree’ at Krishna Menon Memorial Government Women’s College, Kannur.
It was an evening like never before. Wizard’s plumes (appoppan thaadi) and red manchadi seeds flying in the air created an air of euphoria — for it was the launch of a new campus culture.
The Media Club, a joint venture of the departments of Journalism and English of the college, has set up a unique ‘space’ for campus creativity called Poetree. A tree on the campus has been baptised by that name and poems, stories and other literary works of students from colleges all over India will continue to hang from it. Entries will be changed weekly.
The programme was inaugurated by the renowned Malayalam poet Veerankutty on March 22 this year at the open auditorium of the college.
Poetree has attained great popularity and entries from a number of campuses have already been received, right from JNU and St Stephen’s College New Delhi to Shanti Niketan Kolkata and Hyderabad Central University, not to forget mentioning several other varsities all over India.
“As the name reflects, Poetree is a tree that captures the soaring imagination of students from different campuses, reflecting their thoughts in poems, prose or in the form of short stories —irrespective of lingual or regional differences”, says Varsha Pramod, coordinator.
“The idea is to exhibit writings from other campuses in India,’’ says writer V.H. Nishad, convenor of the Media Club, who also teaches journalism at the campus.
“In today’s fast paced world, Poetree marks a return to nature. With over 100 poems that have blossomed on its branches, the Poetree is a wonderful sight,’’ says Nasooha M., second year B.A. English Literature student, and also a budding writer from the campus.
