February 25, 2005
Poetryfest
2005 at Mount Holyoke
Mount Holyoke will host the third Annual Five College Poetryfest
March 2 at 7:30 pm in Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, followed by
a reception with refreshments.
Poetryfest is a collaboration of Five Colleges Inc. and each of the five colleges,
which send two student representatives each. This event is a celebration of student
poetry and a means for introducing poetry lovers to one another.
Students read their poetry aloud for five minutes. The poems that will be read
at Poetryfest have been published by Five Colleges Inc. These free booklets will
be distributed at the reading.
The two students chosen by the English department to represent Mount Holyoke
are Sophia Zucker ’07 and Nancy Doherty FP ’05. “We were happy
to see so many Mount Holyoke students compete for a chance to represent the college
at this year’s Poetryfest,” said Mary Jo Salter, Emily Dickinson
Senior Lecturer in the Humanities and organizer of this year’s event. “Both
Sophia and Nancy distinguished themselves as poets who were comfortable in a
number of styles and forms, and who showed both a lightness of touch and a depth
of feeling.”
Zucker, a psychology major and transfer student from Brandeis University, is
originally from Northampton, Massachusetts. “I think it’s [Poetryfest]
a wonderful idea, and I am incredibly honored that my writing was chosen,” Zucker
said. “I think anything that gets people engaged with poetry is so important,
and I’m thrilled to hear the writing of the other people who’ve been
selected.”
Doherty, a Francis Perkins scholar, is an English major and an Italian minor.
Doherty will read five poems: “How I Learned to Fly“; Italian Vacation,
Age 21” written in terza rima; “Out the Window”; Van Gogh’s
Bedroom at Arles” inspired by a postcard she wrote; and “What the
Undertaker Sees.” Doherty believes that she has an advantage over traditional-aged
students because she has lived for decades longer. “Most of us who persist
in writing poems began because we were so enchanted by the magic of others’ poems,” Doherty
said. “And even if the results are not necessarily memorable, the process
itself enhances the way we experience our world.”
For more information contact Salter at ext. 2457.
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