You are invited to Dubylon (like Babylon with its many languages). In this project we will read and write poems about Dublin. We will be using all the words in our heads, in all the languages we know. Everyone is welcome. Looking forward to meeting you and playing with words. At the end, we will make a book of our poems. You will be working with poets Fiona Bolger - fionabolgerpoetry.com and Polina Cosgrave - her book; My Name Is.
We will meet every Monday from 2-4 pm at Ballybough Community Centre from November 14th for 8 weeks.
This is a trans- lational, national, lingual project where we will be rooting ourselves in the language and poetry of Dublin while reaching across the waters and world to bring fresh phrases to the project. If you are interested in language, if you speak a few, if you’ve come a long way to be here you are welcome to join us. We will be translating poems we like about Dublin, writing our own new poems about Dublin and digging down into the mud of Dublin and just making stuff up. We will be gathering poems and playthings, languages and lore together and making a book to share our findings and footherings with the wider community and the world. Kumonalong and join us in our wor(l)d play!
This is a trans- lational, national, lingual project where we will be rooting ourselves in the language and poetry of Dublin while reaching across the waters and world to bring fresh phrases to the project. If you are interested in language, if you speak a few, if you’ve come a long way to be here you are welcome to join us. We will be translating poems we like about Dublin, writing our own new poems about Dublin and digging down into the mud of Dublin and just making stuff up. We will be gathering poems and playthings, languages and lore together and making a book to share our findings and footherings with the wider community and the world. Kumonalong and join us in our wor(l)d play!
To the girl in English class - by Hafsat Abdullahi: