Morung Express News Kohima | December 1 In the hustle bustle of Kohima town, amidst the Hornbill Festival and Kohima Night Bazaar, a small group of literati gathered at the ongoing Bookworm fest for the Open Mic. As the poems were read, the lights went out but the poetry continued. “Let our love for literature be our light,” said Rükülu Kezo, the host for the Open Mic. Poems were read out in the dark. “My eyes ate gravy today, It was an accident but it tasted painful A ruminants of spicy colors swirling in one corner that I didn’t know existed. It taught my eyes to feel, my nose to be curious It moved my ears to sympathy, and my tongue with jealousy In short, it hurt,” read Dorothy Chasie from her poem ‘The Day my Eyes Ate’. The poets for the open mic were Renthunglo Shitiri, Author of ‘Of Life’, Dorothy Chasie, M. A Student of Nagaland University, Holika Yeptho, M.Phil, Nagaland University, Sedevikhono Noudi, Fazl Ali College, Neingunuo Noudi, Sazolie College, Kohima and Savio Meyase, Ph.D Student of English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad. The poems were inspirations drawn from life, love, broken hearts, tragedy and mundancy of life. Also, present at the Open Mic, was Writer and Poet Easterine Kire. The Bookworm Fest initiated in April this year is holding its second edition from November 29 to December 5 at APO Hall, Kohima under the theme ‘Bridging boundaries through literature’.
