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Emily Dickinson once wrote, “If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.” When poetry moves us in this way, the impact can be so powerful it becomes a physical presence, traveling magically from the page to manifest in our five senses. Sensory experience has also been the origin point for countless poems from the ancient past to this very moment. For our January poetry club, we will explore examples of waka and haiku which depict the world through sight, scent, taste, touch, and sound, as well as share our own poetic sense(s) with original poetry--you’re welcome to compose your own poems in advance! Poems in any language are welcome.
About the Speaker:
Michelle Kyoko Crowson is an award-winning writer-translator and scholar of Japanese literature. She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Oregon and an MFA from Vermont College. She is currently translating the collected works of the 18th century haikai poetess, Kaga no Chiyo.
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