Morung Express News Kohima | July 3 “This place, once sacred, it is where wildflowers grew…” began a line from Avinuo Kire’s poem that she read from her book titled, “Where wildflowers grew” on Monday evening marking the last day of Barkweaver Days at Ozone Café. The poem, she said was about a meadow that is now raised to an office building. Apart from this, she shared few other poems from her book. Also joining in the readings were Dorothy Chasie, an emerging poet and member of “The Four Felons” and Lhutu Keyho, an assistant professor at Baptist College, Kohima. In her opening remarks, Easterine Kire said, “of course, we can understand poetry” as opposed to many people’s notion about poetry being difficult to understand. Reading from her book, she also asserted that “we have to try and use our own metaphors to popularize poetry.” In the meantime, she thanked Ozone Café for hosting the 3-day Barkweaver Days while putting across that “we have had wonderful days here and been very happy.”
