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Saturday,Jan 6 2007, 12:11:52 AMAudio - The sound of Poetry
Audio - The Sound of Poetry
Disk1: (audio only) NoopuraDhwani (Malayalam)
1, 2, 3, 4 sung by Prabha Nair
5, 6 sung by Stanley Augustine
7 - 11 sung by Vincent Gomez
1. Florence Nightingale (Text only)
2. Jhansi Rani (Text only)
3. Mother Teresa (Text only)
4. Bharatha Vaakyam (Text only)
5. Aaraanu Pinneyum (Text only)
6. Oru Moha Bhangamaayalayunnu (Text)
7. Neelakkadampukal Pootthu (Text only)
8. Neelakkadal (Text only)
9. Nizhalum Velichavum (Text only)
10. Kurukshetram (Text only)
11. Innale Ithuvazhi (Text only)
Disk3 : (audio) Ahalya (Malayalam)
sung by Sreedharan Nair
For Text Click HERE.
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Disk4 (audio only) Hues and Shadows (English) For text and audio |
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Disk5 (audio only) The Distant Shores (English) |
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Disk6 (audio only) On the Seashore (English) For text and audio |
Friday,Jan 5 2007, 11:53:54 PMThe Better Man
Reproduced from Cohesion, a bi-monthly publication of North West
Community Development Council , Singapore. (Sep-Oct 2004 issue)
Friday,Jan 5 2007, 11:47:15 PMThe Largest Gathering of Poets
The International Society of Poets Convention 1997 in Washington DC I was one of the poets invited to read a poem at the convention. I am grateful to the Singapore National Arts council for giving me a travel grant to participate. The registration started on the 7th evening as most of the participants had already arrived. It went on to the next morning as originally planned. There were several events going on at the same time, so you had to choose what you really wanted to attend. In addition to an entire symposium of seminars, workshops, discussion groups and contests, poets from 40 nations celebrated with two memorable nights of entertainment, highlighted by Florence Henderson, Grammy winner Johnny Cash, the only entertainer in history to be awarded "The triple Crown" of music – by being inducted into The Songwriters Hall of Fame, The Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Johnny Cash has also been awarded the Nation’s Lifetime Award by President Clinton. Adding to the convention excitement was the Marvelletes whose many hits include the song, "Please Mr. Postman". ISP- member Individual Contest reading was arranged in three sessions over two days. My turn was on the first day, at the first session. Originally, I had planned to read one of my poems, The Distant Shores. I had to substitute another poem, The Paper Boats, for this occasion as I was informed that The Distant Shores had advanced to the final round at another competition . It was also selected to be included in a 1998 anthology, The Star-laden Sky. In addition, it will be one of the ten poems to be recorded by a professional reader on audio-cassette under the name, The sound of Poetry, and released by the end of the year. Poets were treated to a fabulous laser show in the Sheraton Ballroom, where every poet’s name went up in multi-coloured lights. There were a number of occasions where you could read your poems to an appreciative audience. These were not considered as contest poems and no prizes were given, but a panel of judges evaluated them and gave their comments. US Senator Eugene Mc Carthy, who was the special guest lecturer at the convention and the moderator at the members’ workshop, was suddenly taken ill, reportedly after a heart attack, and was admitted to hospital for emergency surgery on the first day of the convention. Mr. Westreich took his place and spoke on The Message and the Messenger. In Senator McCarthy’s absence, an autographed complimentary copy of his latest collection of poems, Cool Reflections, was presented to every participant. Over the past seven years, the ISP has received international acclaim – including front page coverage in USA Today – for its unique World’s Largest Poem for Peace. Which continued to be written at the convention. The poem which gets larger everyday, contains tens of thousands of individual poems on peace written by poets from all over the world. This year, as usual, the participating poets got the opportunity to include their contributions alongside such notables like President Bill Clinton, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama and Nelson Mandela.For each poem added, the society will make a donation to a charitable cause. I had the opportunity to meet poets from Britain, the US, Canada, Bangladesh, India, Australia, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa. It was an experience. An experience of a lifetime. M K Bhasi
The Largest Gathering of Poets in History
A cross-section of the world’s poets assembled in the United States capital for the Annual International Society of Poets (ISP) Convention and Symposium this August 8 – 10, 1997. This was the seventh anniversary of the world-wide poetry event. Ms Elizabeth Barnes, President of ISP claimed it as the largest gathering of poets in history. The convention attended by 2000 poets and guests was held at the Sheraton Washington Hotel where most of the participants were accommodated. Sheraton with 1338 rooms has a long history of being the site for monumental events. Every United states President since Herbert Hoover in 1929 has hosted an Inaugural Gala there.
The Straits Times September 5, 1997
Coming from 40 countries, they meet in Washington
Friday,Jan 5 2007, 11:31:24 PMAwards
| Literary Awards - M K Bhasi
1 Kaumudi Prize (Kerala) - September 1952 2 Kavi Samajam Award (Kerala) - December 1995 3 Editor's Choice Award (USA) - October 1996 4 Editor's Choice Award (USA) - June 1997 5 The International Poet of Merit Award (USA) - 6 Gayatri Award (New Delhi) - Oct 1997 7 Deccan Cultural Society Award (Bangalore) - 8 Editor's Choice Award (USA) - 2001
The Outstanding Malayalee Award
Published works: 1. Mazhavillukal (Malayalam Poems) - 1967
Receiving International Society of Poets Award from Florence Henderson
Kavi Samajam (Kerala) Award for Ahalya
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