On Wednesday May 20th, we gathered for the 6th annual Global Poetry Celebration to hear poems in many different languages. This year, we heard poetry in Arabic, Burmese, Dutch, French, German, Japanese, Punjabi, Spanish, Turkish and Urdu.
We joined our friends at Cracked Walnut to present this event as part of the monthly Poets & Pints Series at Sisyphus Brewing in Minneapolis.
The reading began at 7pm and had two parts:
- Part 1: Readers chosen in advance share poems in languages other than standard modern English. Each reader is allotted 5 minutes.
- Part 2: Open mic where anyone can sign up at the event and share one poem, in English or another language. Each reader is allotted 2 minutes.