Cover of 'Verukal' book | Photo: facebook.com|RimaKallingalOfficial
The second collection of poetry including haiku poems by 262 members of 'Verukal' have been released. 'Verukal' is a Facebook community of poetry lovers launched in 2013.
The cover of the book was launched by actress Rima Kallingal and the first copy of the book was received by cine artiste and writer Aswathy Sreekanth.
This is for the first time in Malayalam that the poems penned by so many writers are compiled in a single book. In the first book of 'Verukal' published in 2017, haiku poems of 200 writers were included. It was well-received.
'Verukal 2' has been edited by Arun Radhakrishnan. The Facebook community 'Verukal', which became popular through Haiku poems shared by its members, is now active on all platforms of social media.