Varsha Seshan on Writing Verse

byStaff Reporter

If I asked you what you read most often, what would you say? If you were being truthful, you would probably say WhatsApp messages, memes and social media posts. We read nugget-sized information and seem to have moved away from lengthy paragraphs to short, succinct writing. And this is what makes me feel that perhaps verse would be a space worth exploring, simply because it says so much with so little.

Image Source: facebook.com How It Started I started reading verse novels several years ago. A few of my favourites are ‘One’ by Sarah Crossan, ‘The Poet X’ by Elizabeth Acevedo and ‘Starfish’ by Lisa Fipps. There are dozens of others, but the point I’m making is that reading alway