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Former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky Shares Stage with Fujara Musician.
Former Poet Laureate of the United States, Robert Pinsky, spoke to a group of 45 poetry-lovers on September 27 at the residence of the Deputy Chief of Mission Larry Silverman. His major theme was that poetry is a very personal experience, but one that is available to all people regardless of how much or how little you understand a poem on first hearing. A short video, prepared as part of a project initiated by Pinsky, showed how poetry speaks across gender, race and age lines. The evening also featured the unique Slovak sound of a traditional reed instrument, the fujara, performed by Rasto Andris and his group in a modern way. All poems were read in both English and in Slovak translation, leading to a lively discussion from the largely student audience.