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SUMMARY:Modern Poems You Should Know
LOCATION:Georgetown Neighborhood Library\nGeorgetown Neighborhood Library
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DESCRIPTION:Lectures on modern poets .\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/even
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>LAST SATURDAY\, WE JOURNEYED TO THE GHOSTL
 Y ISLAND OF CIBOUX.<br />JOIN US THIS SATURDAY\, OCTOBER 10\, AT 2:00 PM\,
  FOR A VISIT TO THE GHOSTLY ISLAND OF SANTORINI.</p>\n<p>Part Two of our t
 hree-part poetry lecture series focuses on James Merrill&rsquo\;s extraord
 inary poem Santorini: Stopping the Leak.<br />These philosophical poems wi
 ll be explored and discussed by Margaret Soltan\, Emerita\, George Washing
 ton University.</p>\n<p>Completed last Saturday\, October 3:<br />&bull\; 
 Cape Breton by Elizabeth Bishop<br />Upcoming:<br />&bull\; Santorini: Sto
 pping the Leak by James Merrill<br />&bull\; Sunday Morning by Wallace Ste
 vens</p>\n<p>All three poems reflect a central pursuit common to much of m
 odern secular poetry: they probe the essential mystery of life\, searching
  for meaning by engaging deeply with settings of powerful natural beauty&m
 dash\;Cape Breton in Nova Scotia\; the volcanic island of Santorini\; and 
 a luminous\, unnamed mountain landscape. Each poet guides us in reading bo
 th the human and natural worlds around us\, worlds that sometimes seem alm
 ost to speak.</p>\n<p>We&rsquo\;ll look at each poem&rsquo\;s verbal brill
 iance as well as the larger metaphysical questions they raise.</p>\n<p>Ses
 sions continue Saturdays\, October 10 and 17\, 2026<br />2:00&ndash\;3:00 
 PM</p>\n<p>Georgetown Neighborhood Library</p>\n<p>3260 R St. NW\, DC 2000
 7</p>\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/17588119
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