Poets Corner Group

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{{Infobox organization

| name = Poets Corner Group

| image = Poets Corner logo.png

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Poets Corner's logo

| founders = Yaseen Anwer and Dolly Singh

| type = Literary Group

| founded_date = June 2011

| location = New Delhi, India

| area_served = India

| mission =

| homepage = {{URL|www.poetscorner.in}}

}}

Poets Corner Group is a poetry group in India.{{cite news |title=Solitude and Serenity|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/NewsContent.aspx?NID=58802|newspaper= Millennium Post|date=27 May 2014}}{{cite news |title=Emerging from the corner |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/emerging-from-the-corner/article4319813.ece|accessdate=5 February 2014 |newspaper=The Hindu|date= 21 January 2013}}{{cite news |title=Rhyme and reason|url=https://in.news.yahoo.com/rhyme-reason-183000172.html|newspaper=Yahoo! News|date=17 January 2013}} The group's main purpose is to make it easier for new and aspiring poets to be published. Since its advent, Poets Corner has published over 340 poets in 21 anthologies in both English and Hindi language.{{cite news |title=Rendezvous with Yaseen Anwar: Why you need to catch up with poetry? |url=http://mytheatrecafe.com/rendezvous-with-yaseen-anwar-catch-theirshad-kamil-madhumita-ghosh-delhi-poetry-festival|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109220646/http://www.mytheatrecafe.com/rendezvous-with-yaseen-anwar-catch-theirshad-kamil-madhumita-ghosh-delhi-poetry-festival/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=9 November 2013|newspaper=mytheatrecafe|date=21 August 2013 }}

The Poets Corner Group also hosts online competitions, poetry reading events, panel discussion, book launches, workshops, and other activities.{{cite news |title=शौकिया कविता करने वालों को दिल्ली के पहले कविता महोत्सव में मिला मौका |url=http://hindi.business-standard.com/storypage_hin.php?autono=92409|newspaper=Business Standard|date=21 January 2013}}

History

Poets Corner was co-founded by Yaseen Anwer and Dolly Singh.{{cite news

|title=Board for Student Publications, IIT Delhi

|url=http://bsp.iitd.ac.in/index.php/interviews/134-yaseen-anwer-published

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427005624/http://bsp.iitd.ac.in/index.php/interviews/134-yaseen-anwer-published

|archive-date=27 April 2015

|publisher =IIT Delhi

|accessdate=15 June 2016}}{{cite web|url= http://pilf.in/dolly-singh/|title= Pune International Literary Festival 2015|accessdate=15 June 2016|publisher= Pune International Literary Festival |quote= Dolly Singh is the co-founder and deputy managing editor of Poets Corner Group and founding member of Delhi Poetry Festival. Dolly is also the founder and managing editor of NewLeaf Poets Club, the junior wing of Poets Corner that works towards grooming young poets from 8 to 15 years.}}

Delhi Poetry Festival

{{Infobox recurring event

|name = Delhi Poetry Festival

|logo =

|image =

|caption =

|location = New Delhi, India

|years_active = 2013 – present

|Patrons =

|dates =

|genre = Poetry Festival

|website = http://delhipoetryfestival.org

}}

Delhi Poetry Festival is an annual poetry event organized by Poets Corner in Delhi, first held on 19 January 2013.[http://delhipoetryfestival.org/index.html Delhi Poetry Festival]{{cite news

|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/ENT-FEAT-delhi-poetry-festival-4501148-NOR.html

|title=दिल्ली पोइट्री फेस्टिवल-2 ने कविताओं की विरासत को ताजा किया

|date=23 January 2014

|work=Dainik Bhaskar

|language=hi}}{{cite news

|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/first-poetry-festival-in-delhi-offers-platform-for-amateurs/1167313.html

|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629121648/http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/first-poetry-festival-in-delhi-offers-platform-for-amateurs/1167313.html

|url-status=dead

|archive-date=29 June 2013

|title=First poetry festival in Delhi offers platform for amateurs

|date=21 January 2013

|work=IBN LIve

}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/emerging-from-the-corner/article4319813.ece |title=Emerging from the corner|work=The Hindu|date=2013-01-19 |accessdate=2013-01-19}}{{cite news

|url=http://hindi.business-standard.com/storypage_hin.php?autono=92409

|title=शौकिया कविता करने वालों को दिल्ली के पहले कविता महोत्सव में मिला मौका

|date=21 January 2013

|work=Business Standard

|language=hi}}

=2013 Edition=

File:Irshadandyaseendpf01.jpg at Delhi Poetry Festival 2013]]

The 2013 festival participants included:

=2014 Edition=

The 2014 festival participants included:

Published work

The Poets Corner Group has published several poetry anthologies featuring young poets along with established poets including A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Gulzar, Ruskin Bond, Nida Fazli, Vikram Seth, Irshad Kamil, Shashi Tharoor, Ravish Kumar, Deepti Naval, Shekhar Kapur, and Rahat Indori.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyberwit.net/publications/442|title=Inklinks |publisher=Cyberwit.net|date= 2012-12-26 |accessdate=2012-12-26}}{{cite news |title=Poetry festival in Delhi offers platform for amateurs |url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/web1/13jan22/national.htm|accessdate=5 February 2014 |newspaper=Daily Excelsior}}{{cite news |title=Poet's Corner|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/poet-s-corner/1199488/|newspaper=Indian Express|date=26 November 2013}}

= Books & anthologies =

Inklinks{{cite book|title=Inklinks|url=http://www.cyberwit.net/publications/442|year=2013|publisher=Cyberwit.net|isbn=978-8-18253-371-4|ref=Co}}

Gestures: Miscalculated Poetries by Misunderstood Poets{{cite book|title=Gestures|url=http://www.abebooks.com/9788182532519/Gestures-Yaseen-Anwer-Heena-Ansari-8182532515/plp|year=2011|publisher=abebooks|isbn=978-8-18253-251-9|ref=Co}}

Aks: Tere Mere Khalayon Ka{{cite book|author=Neha R. Krishna|title=Inks|url= http://www.cyberwit.net/publications/481|year=2013|publisher=Cyberwit.net|isbn=978-8-18253-373-8|ref=Co}}

Bikhri Os Ki Boondain[http://fiskar.arredemo.org/16/bikhri-os-ki-boondein Bikhri os ki boondein]

Love simply and other poem (By Payal Pasha)

Inks (By Neha R. Krishna){{cite book|author=Payal Pasha|title=Love Simply|url=http://www.cyberwit.net/publications/482|year=2013|publisher=Cyberwit.net|isbn=978-8-18253-367-7|ref=Co}}

Khalaayen (By Aseem Ahmed Abbasee){{cite book|author=Aseem Ahmed Abbasee|title=Khalain|url=http://www.bookadda.com/books/khalain-aseem-ahmed-8192861953-9788192861951|publisher=Book Adda|isbn=978-8-19286-195-1|ref=Co}}

Think Poetry, Think Haiku (By Ashok Sawhny){{cite book|author1=Ashok Sawhny|author-link=Ashok Sawhny|author2=Kiran Bajaj|title=Think Poetry, Think Haikus|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VtO1NAEACAAJ|year=2012|publisher=Upfront Publishing Limited|isbn=978-1-78035-466-8}}

Lamhey{{cite book|title=Lamhe (लम्हे) by poets corner|url= http://www.uread.com/book/lamhe-poets-corner/9788192861968|publisher=Uread|isbn=978-8-19286-196-8|ref=Co}}

Oncemortal (By Nikhil Sharma){{cite book|author=Nikhil Sharma|author-link=Nikhil Sharma|title=Oncemortal |isbn=978-8-19286-194-4|ref=Co}}

Silent Flute (By Aparna Pathak){{cite book|author=Aparna Pathak |title=Silent Flute |url=http://www.bookadda.com/books/silent-flute-aparna-pathak-8192861937-9788192861937|isbn=978-8-19286-193-7|ref=Co}}

Ehsaas (By Dr. Tina Gulzar){{cite book|author=Tina Gulzar|title=Ehsaas |isbn=978-9-38402-812-1|ref=Co}}

See also

References

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