Write to Speak is a campaign run by the Word Warriors, to introduce performance poetry to young members from diverse communities in five urban centers in Nepal.
Read More...Our educational workshops are designed in such a way, that it not only instills them with poetry skills and tools, but also helps them become creative thinkers and writers and better public speakers.
Read More...Word Warriors do performances at bars, museums, art spaces, events and in random streets or art spaces around town.
Read More...We organize inter-school youth poetry slam or competitions in various regions.Contact us to hold a regional slam in your area.
Read More...by Larisa Shrestha, Spoken word poet and instructor, WW
It was in Birgunj that Larisa conducted a basic three-day spoken word poetry workshop earlier in 2017, under the Write to Speak campaign. She went to Birgunj again to attend a performance event, ‘Spoken Word Poetry Live: Birgunj’ featuring 20 participants who were selected for intensive writing and performing workshops. Here, she writes about her recent trip to Birgunj.
more>>by Nirajan Tripathi, Word Warriors
धरानको थुप्रै स्कुल कलेज पुग्दाका थुप्रै सम्झना , साच्चै सम्झनामा लाग्छ रमाइलो भने झैँ रमाइलो लाग्दा छन्। चाहे धरानको एउटा स्कुलमा पढ्ने भाईले धराने लबजमा-
“अन्त्के दाजुको कविता चै over मन पर्यो है”
भनेको क्षण होस् या सारदा बालिका स्कुलमा पढ्ने बहिनीले beat box सुनाको पल होस् वा गर्मीमा पसलको तल आइसक्रिम खादै गर्दा त्यहि घरको माथिल्लो तला बाट एक किशोर हामीलाई देखेर “राइट टु स्पीक” भन्दै कराएको पल; सम्झिदै मनमा अनौठो हलचल महसुश हुन्छ ।
by Larisa Shrestha, Spoken Word Poet and Instructor
In the past three days, I have learned so much more. I realized how much I enjoy working with kids, playing with them and interacting with them. I realized that if you muster up enough courage to shake off the dust of fear and nervousness from your shoulders, and take one small leap anything is possible. This also includes conducting a spoken word poetry workshop all by yourself for the first time.
more>>by करन ऐरी , वर्ड वार्रियर्स, नेशनल स्ल्याम प्रतियोगिता सहभागी (टिम काभ्रे)
राइट टु स्पिक तथा अम्रिकन एम्ब्सीको बुक बुस कार्यक्रमको सहकार्यमा विरगन्जमा spoken word poetry टुर भएको थियो। पुष ३ गते देखि ९ गते सम्म भएको सो टुर, बीरगंजका विभिन्न स्कूल तथा कलेजहरुमा पुग्यो । विरगन्जका युवाहरु सित कविता भन्दै-सुन्दै बिताएको त्यो एक हप्ताको अनुभव ।
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