Poets in Response to Peril

On Saturday, April 2 2022 at 2 p.m. Eastern Time, join me and Penn Kemp as we bring together poets from all over in a special Oh!Sound National Poetry Month online celebration of poetry in response to precarious events in the world.

In his famous elegy for W. B. Yeats, W. H. Auden says, “poetry makes nothing happen.” And he adds: “it survives, / A way of happening, a mouth.”

Penn and Susan reflected on this in light of the current situation in Ukraine. McCaslin writes : “On Feb. 24, 2022, when the world woke to the shock of the catastrophic bombing of Ukraine, I asked myself and a few of my fellow poet friends how they would respond to Auden’s words, especially in these perilous times.” Numerous poets responded, and we invite everyone to join us as we bring them together to read their reflections and poems.

Poets in Response to Peril
Saturday April 2 2022
2:00 pm Eastern (room opens at 1:30 pm)

TO JOIN:
Please register at rsitoski.com > News & Events

https://www.facebook.com/events/437789511431605/