Poetry & Transcendence

POETRY & TRANSCENDENCE

The Candlelight Reading Series and M.U.M. Student Activities present “Poetry & Transcendence,” a poetry reading event with music and eurythmy (an intriguing movement art form originated by Rudolf Steiner) on Saturday, September 23rd, 2006, 8 PM at the M.U.M. Student Union Theatre.

Nynke Passi, literature teacher at M.U.M., who is conducting a course named “Poetry & Transcendence” during the month of September, has invited Freddy Niagara Fonseca, the series’ founder, to organize a reading on the same subject.

The transcendental overtones of poetry are wellknown and acknowledged by every school or stream of poetry. There exists a wealth of poetry that is either explicitly or implicitly transcendental while having a solid foundation in everyday life. A carefully selected program reflecting transcendence in action experienced through poetic language will be presented for your enjoyment.

Freddy will be ably assisted by co-reader Cakau Valls, Nynke herself, and Karen Carter, eurythmist with piano accompaniment by Nathanael Zumstein.

Admission $5. Students and faculty $2.

PROGRAM

“But words are things, and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.”

From ‘Don Juan’ by Lord Byron

Invitation to the Presence:

Hafez - Join Me in the Pure Atmosphere - FNF

Julia de Burgos - Nothing - CV

Octavio Paz - Sunstone, excerpt - FNF

Hadewijch - All Things Are too Small for Me (Alle Dinge Syn Mi te Enge) - NP

Yeshe Tsogyel - This Self-Sufficient Black Lady Has Shaken Things Up - CV

In the Heart of Music: