She has earned laurels for writing poems in Haiku style

ARA: The Bhojpur district is better known for being home of Kuer Singh, who played a major role in 1857 revolt. The district headquarters, Ara,
of late has attracted many from across the world for a totally different reason.

It pertains to the field of literature as an Ara woman, Urmila Kaul, has made a name for herself in the art of writing poems in Haiku style.

Haiku is a Japanese style of writing poems and its origin dates back to the 16th century. The writers of this style are supposed to express things in limited words following a particular pattern. Most of the Haiku style poems are written just in three lines.

Kaul, who was in the habit of writing short poems since her student days, adopted this style of writing under the guidance of former JNU professor Satya Bhushan Verma.

"After going through one of my published short poems, Verma wrote me a letter saying that my style was very close to the Haiku style of writing and after that I started taking regular guidance for learning this style," Kaul told TOI.

She said that her creations have got accolades from across the globe and some American and Italian magazines regularly publish her Haiku poems. "This is in addition to the regular contributions I send to Tokyo University and my collection of poems are circulated by the university on different occasions," Kaul added.

Many of Kaul's poems were put on placards at the World Haiku Conference held in Pune in 2006 and one of the experts had said at that time that Kaul's creations were like sunshine for the Haiku style of writing.

Having written Haiku style poems both in English and Hindi languages, the zeal of this 78-year-old woman is still like a young student of literature and these days she is busy depicting Ramayan's character Kaikeye through Haiku poems.

"I am giving final touches to the manuscript after which it would go for publishing," she said. And this woman is in no mood to take rest after completion of this project. "Feelings are innumerable and Haiku style allows me to express in a very succinct matter. There is no point stopping at any point of life," Kaul said.

Source : Times of India