The poetic circle convenes poets, translators, and poetry lovers over Zoom to share original work, translations, and/or works they love that honor a predetermined theme. Originally formed during the Pandemic by poet and literary scholar Dr. Fatemeh Shams for faculty and graduate students at Penn, we are thrilled to host this Circle and open it up to our community! This is an opportunity to share and discuss pieces (whether poetry, experimental short fiction, musical interpretations, etc.), workshop works in progress, and be in community with other lovers of poetry, literature and music. Works in non-English languages are welcome and encouraged!
On this Month’s Theme:
Color is one of the original frameworks through which we learn to observe and relate in this world. An unrelenting source of metaphor, color is a malleable and ever-relevant device for communicating experience, emotion, and sensation. Let’s invoke satisfying synesthesiae as we read aloud myriad applications of color, past and present.