The National Council of Indian Culture of Trinidad and Tobago (NCIC TT) invited secondary school students to join them for a poetry workshop at the Divali Nagar in Chaguaramas on May 24.

[caption id="attachment_1086549" align="alignnone" width="753"] Veronica Rajahram, author of NightLights, attended the National Council of Indian Culture (NCIC) Poetry Festival held at the Divali Nagar in Chaguanas on May 24. - AYANNA KINSALE[/caption]

The event saw authors Keeron Isaac, Safiya Baksh Hosein, Veronica Rajahram and Dr Johnny Coomansingh host workshops like Having Fun with Poetry, Building a Poem, From the Mind of a Poet and spoken word.

[caption id="attachment_1086548" align="alignnone" width="713"] Keeron Isaac, author of Poet Tree, attended the National Council of Indian Culture Poetry Festival on May 24. - AYANNA KINSALE[/caption]

The students also visited the NCIC art exhibition which is open to the public from 1-6 pm daily at the Divali Nagar until June 1.

[caption id="attachment_1086547" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Safiya Baksh-Hosein read one of her poems to a group of students from Upper Level Educational Institute at the NCIC Poetry Festival on May 24. - AYANNA KINSALE[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1086546" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Students of Barrackpore West Secondary School take part in a poem writing challenge at the NCIC Poetry Festival at the Divali Nagar in Chaguanas. - AYANNA KINSALE[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1086545" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Author Johnny Coomansingh speaks with students during the National Council of Indian Culture (NCIC) Poetry Festival at the Divali Nagar on May 24. - AYANNA KINSALE[/caption]

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