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Varuni B Makkannavar: Just 17 but Poems, 100+ and laurels

Varuni. B.Makkannavar is just in her teens studying in the 12th grade. She is only 17 years old and has evolved into a promising budding poetess for already having penned more than 100 poems. Not only writing them, she has even bagged a Certificate of Achievement with 133rd rank in the Hashtag Kalakar poetry and creative writing competition. The recognition letter also mentions-“It serves proof as her competence and writing skills”. This certificate has been awarded some time back. Interest in poetry shocking: The upcoming poetess from Hubballi in the Dharwad district of Karnataka is herself surprised at her plunge into poetry as she admits-“Actually my interest in poetry was shocking to me as well because when I was a kid I didn't really like the idea of compressing all our thoughts into just a few lines while you can write pages together about a subject. However, as I grew up I understood that poetry was beyond just compressed writing, my interest in poetry was spontaneous and al