Silence and sound by Namitha K

Poetry and prose are two different types of writing in literature. Though the distinction between poetry and poetry is a marked one, people prefer stories, fiction, drama etc to poetry. But when it comes to expressing an emotion or a particular feeling, poetry form sounds the best. It is that literary poetic form that emotes beautifully, in a way that it touches a tender spot of the reader. Not everyone can write the verses with the poetic words and make them a form of expression. 

Poetry is structured in a certain pattern that rhymes, but prose is plain text. Both poetry and prose are creative in nature and both needs talent. But poetry needs the right kind of words that have a great emotional impact. None try to understand the depth or underlying emotions in a poem. At a time when poetry has taken  a back seat, poetry forum conduct poetry fest to revive poetry. 

Silence and sound by Namitha K is a book of twenty four poems, that expresses her confusions, fears and emotions from the age of eleven to eighteen. She is an all-rounder, talented and creative. Adding below, her Mom's sister's view on Namitha's poems:
 " Her poems range from those of a typical teen riding high and low in waves of joy and lament as friendships are found and lost, her heart bursting into song with the smallest of things like the first rain or a bird soaring high up in the sky, to those of the concerns and fears of a sensitive girlhood verging on adulthood - the opportunity as well as the uncertainty it presents. 

At times, she is like a child finding beauty and wonder and a smile in little things and events around her. The element of water seems to inspire her, set the seeker in her free with boundless joy and her words pour out just like a rain, eager to fall. Water is to her a calming potion and a license to freak out, all at once! While the rain sets her free, the ocean is her ‘security blanket’. She is in awe but also at ease with the ocean, opening up her heart to it, with complete trust. ‘He’ is her secret friend who understands her, where she can be her complete self, nothing to hide. 

At times, she is your typical teenager, now bubbly and full of hopes, now confused and ridden with doubts. She expresses anger and sadness too, about things she feels are unfair and unjust in the world. She is today’s youth – wanting equality and justice for everything and everybody.  

There is anguish of doubting or even losing the ideals she was brought upon, when the society presents contradicting situations. May be the anguish is really about the end of innocence that seems inevitable when a sweet girlhood full of hopes and ideals about a future is made to face realities which sometimes contradicts those same beliefs. She is sensitive. The tragedy of another becomes her own agony and it causes insecurity in her. She is questioning the world now, what her country is offering her, what being a girl could cost her. Yet among all these concerns and doubts there is still determination and enough ambition to strive and make her own path of success. While she likes being part of a crowd, she likes more to stand out - be one of a kind. "

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