On the occasion of World Environment Day (June 5), 'Green Poetry Symposium' was held at Koteshwar Multipurpose Campus. The synergy between environmental awareness and literary creation was seen in the program jointly organized by current poetry group, Shabdankur Monthly and Koteshwar Multiple Campus.
The announcement of the program was done by poet Chandra Bahadur Lama. As a special attraction, 'Bhuimanche Kavita Special' special issue was launched, which includes Nepali poems of 24 poets and their English translations recited at Brahma Park in Nala in the previous month of January. The special issue was announced by Campus Head Prakash Pokharel, senior poets Usha Sherchan, Bishnu Vibhu Ghimire and Avinash Shrestha. At the beginning of the
program, poet Biswa Sigdel gave a welcome speech and highlighted the purpose, structure and importance of the program. After the
speech, he welcomed the audience by reciting his own poem "Jangal Gai Joo Mano Lai". The poets participating in the conference presented the topics like environment, climate change, biological diversity, forests, rivers, wildlife conservation, pollution, relationship between mountains and people in an artistic manner. Various aspects from plastic pollution to rebellion of consciousness were exposed through poetry readings. Writers who recited
poems include Vishwa Sigdel (To a Man Going to the Forest), Avinash Shrestha (Tomorrow's Song), Abhay Shrestha, Dinesh Kharel (Let's Find Another Geography), Usha Sherchan (Atmosphere), Krishna Bause (Plastic Request), Vishnu Vibhu Ghimire (Many Don't Know), Sama Shri (Sunkoshi and Landslide), Vimal Bhaukaji (Indra Kamal), R. M. Dangol (Alone Earth), Himalal Shrestha (Akashbeli), Shakuntala Joshi (I am a wedding tree), Prajwal Adhikari (Us and the Earth), Damodar Regmi (Dialogue with Humans of Polluted Environment), Chhabiraman Silwal (The Tightness of Time), Keshav Sigdel (River), Vijay Hitan (Don't Burn Me to Aryaghat), Lakshmi Rumba (Jungle a Dream), Dhruva Madhikarmi (Consciousness). In Sanghar), Chhayadatta Neupane (Simal), Bhawani Khatiwada (Himalayan), Radhika Kalpit (Gandhari of Kaliyuga), Suraj Parajuli (Rama Eats Rice), Radheshyam Lekali (Consciousness for Environmental Balance), Raju Jhallu Prasad (A Tree's Retirement Letter to a Forest Poet), Mimala Sharma (In the Arms of Green Earth), Sedunath Dhakal (Our Simpani) Pandhero), Premila Rai (Sunsan Six Villages), Rami Priya (Pipal), Sanjay Suman (Cheetah), Yadevi Dhakal (Village Going), Vaijayanti Pokharel (Plants and People), Babukrishna Karki (You and Environment Day and Nature Day), Chandra Bahadur Lama (Disappearing Greenery) and Dhirkumar Shrestha (A Hull Procession). In the middle of the
programme, folk singer Kamlikant Vetwal tried to connect the environmental message with folk culture through a parya song performed on a sarangi tune, which seemed to connect the audience emotionally. Towards the end of the
, Campus Head Prakash Pokharel expressed his belief that the cooperation between literature and the environment will spread positive awareness in the society, stating that it is a matter of pride that such a creative program is organized in his own campus. At the end of the
program, Dhir Kumar Shrestha, the editor of Shabdankur monthly and a member of the current poetry group, expressed his gratitude to the organizers, participants and audience and expressed his hope that literature will play a strong role in the journey of environmental awareness.
Harit Kavya Gosthi-2082 has added a strong signature to the environmental protection campaign by trying to transform the environmental message into public awareness through literary creation.
