Pop-up Poetry 2021

April 29, 2021 by C. Ross

National Poetry Month
April 2021

For five consecutive days in April, while the college was enduring the COVID-19 crisis, Bowdoin students helped us celebrate National Poetry Month by reading a favorite poem live on Facebook. We invite you to have a listen. Let these voices lighten your day.

Anna Constantine ’23 reads “Body Encounters Barrier, or Stairs (Not a Metaphor)” by Tara Hardy

Amari Polk ’24 reads “When Maze and Frankie Beverly Come On In My House” by Clint Smith

Nora Jackson ’21 reads “Diving Into the Wreck” by Adrienne Rich

Vincent Han ’24 reads “Ulysses” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Sylvia Bosco ’21 and Nicole Yip ’22 read two poems by Eavan Boland: “That the Science of Cartography is Limited” and “The Pomegranate”