Writers discuss characters and motifs in contemporary poetry at Gostiny Dvor
“Poetry is the dreams we dream. It always exists in some strange domain where we do not expect to find it, where it is not awaited or welcome,” poet and essayist Dmitry Vodennikov said as he declared open another roundtable of the AWPUR International Literary Forum.
Poets of renown from Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Bulgaria, and Nepal came together to ponder on the life of modern poetry, and what makes 2020s poetry different.
Poet and journalist Valentina Radinska believes that what she describes as the “new poetry boom” stems from the catastrophic acceleration of life and the perils of civilization. She maintains that poetry is a sanctuary for authors, but only poems of talent extend sanctuary to the reader, too.
Every epoch comes with its own hardship and adversity, remarked Kyrgyz poet Akbar Ryskulov: “In the 19th century, writers complained they were unable to write; in the 20th, they complained they could not get their works published; now they complain they are not read.”
Suman Pokhrel illuminated the preferences of Nepalese readers: “Our readers appreciate poems that describe nature or tell stories. Even children can read those. This must be the reason why Laxmi Prasad Devkota remains the number one poet in Nepal.”
“It seems that the author’s individuality is taking center stage again today,” poet and publisher Alexander Pereverzin reflected. “The era of postmodernism with its fractional author identities and substitution of individuality by a collective ‘I’ is on its way out. The advances in artificial intelligence have been a fairly strong factor in this process. Because AI has become quite adroit at free verse, poets feel compelled to flee where technology is as yet unable to go.”
Poets of renown from Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Bulgaria, and Nepal came together to ponder on the life of modern poetry, and what makes 2020s poetry different.
Poet and journalist Valentina Radinska believes that what she describes as the “new poetry boom” stems from the catastrophic acceleration of life and the perils of civilization. She maintains that poetry is a sanctuary for authors, but only poems of talent extend sanctuary to the reader, too.
Every epoch comes with its own hardship and adversity, remarked Kyrgyz poet Akbar Ryskulov: “In the 19th century, writers complained they were unable to write; in the 20th, they complained they could not get their works published; now they complain they are not read.”
Suman Pokhrel illuminated the preferences of Nepalese readers: “Our readers appreciate poems that describe nature or tell stories. Even children can read those. This must be the reason why Laxmi Prasad Devkota remains the number one poet in Nepal.”
“It seems that the author’s individuality is taking center stage again today,” poet and publisher Alexander Pereverzin reflected. “The era of postmodernism with its fractional author identities and substitution of individuality by a collective ‘I’ is on its way out. The advances in artificial intelligence have been a fairly strong factor in this process. Because AI has become quite adroit at free verse, poets feel compelled to flee where technology is as yet unable to go.”