The reading I attended was the school’s poetry review on Cinco de Mayo. It took place at Ferguson Hall, which was a room in that building that I had no idea even existed. Many students read poems, and the featured Poet was a guy named D.A Powell.
This reading was convenient for me to attend, but that wasn’t why I went. I was very interested in seeing Poems read by fellow students, as the Poetry major at this school isn’t something I know too much about.
As I had said before, the reading took place in a conference hall stored away in the 600 S Michigan building. It was different from the one I attended at the Conway Center, which felt a lot more open. This venue was a bit more intimate. I was surprised at how humorous most of the poems by the students were. The reading I had gone to before was light-hearted when the Poet was talking to the audience, but his poetry was considerably heavy. That wasn’t the case with this venue, as it was much more light-hearted. That was very relieving and relaxing. Some readers were a bit more passive, while others had pretty biting pieces and knew it well.
I really enjoyed the light-heartedness of the reading. It seems like almost all art forms being taught at this school are wrought with depressing anxiety-induced drama, which is sort of what I was expecting. I’m glad to be proven wrong. D.A. Powell’s work was just as enjoyable, and he was soft-spoken but also very present as he spoke.
I almost wished the reading was longer. There were enough people there for it to be a bit of a bigger event. Maybe not too much longer, but perhaps like fifteen or twenty minutes.
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