English Literature Society | Hamburg

Note: This event is at Café May Barmbek, not St. Pauli.

Come share a poem that has touched you or sparked your imagination. We welcome both ancient and modern poems—whether in English or translation. From rhyming poems and free verse to sonnets and villanelles, all types are celebrated.

Note: This event is at Café May Barmbek, not St. Pauli.

Come share a poem that has touched you or sparked your imagination. We welcome both ancient and modern poems—whether in English or translation. From rhyming poems and free verse to sonnets and villanelles, all types are celebrated.

"The effect of this cannot be understood without being there. The beauty of it cannot be understood, either, and when you see beauty in desolation it changes something inside you. Desolation tries to colonize you."
- Jeff VanderMeer

Themes we are going to explore:

• Nature vs. Humanity
• Self-Reliance and Isolation
• The Sublime vs. The Mundane
• Ecofeminism
• The power of Persistence

Can I come without reading the book?
No.

Some questions to kickstart the discussion:
To be added later

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Note: This event is at Café May Barmbek, not St. Pauli.

Come share a poem that has touched you or sparked your imagination. We welcome both ancient and modern poems—whether in English or translation. From rhyming poems and free verse to sonnets and villanelles, all types are celebrated.