Organized by Quixote’s Cove (QC), known for their slam poetry group Word Warriors, with the support of the US Embassy, the Digital Video Conference was a first of its kind for Kay. “We wanted to do this and the US Embassy made it happen,” said a genuinely elated Suvani Singh of QC after the event.[break]
Following a few technical glitches, a bespectacled Kay came on the screen and interacted with the group and answered their questions. When asked what emotion drives her to write, Kay said, “There isn’t a particular emotion that drives me, and I write when I’m trying to figure out things. However, I don’t have any angry poems which could mean that I don’t write when angry.”
Kay also shared that she doesn’t feel poems are not suppose to be perfect, just like people. “Language isn’t perfect that’s why there are so many words to describe the same thing,” said Kay when asked by a participant on how to improve her writing.
The group also had a very rare chance, at least for young Nepali poetry enthusiasts, to watch a private performance by Kay titled Peacocks, a vivid poetic journal about India. On the other hand, Kay also had a chance to watch the performance of 17-year-old Sanket Shrestha’s poem titled House of Pain. “You are never too young or old for poetry,” said Kay who also shared about a possible visit to Nepal in November.
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