Poetry is like painting with words. It is therapeutic and serves as a balm to our souls.
The Students of Grades 9 and 10 have planned Poetica – a special evening for all our closeted and budding poets on June 11 from 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm.
The event will be graced by Mr Frank Dullaghan, an Irish poet.
Previously, Frank lived in the UK where he was a co-founder of the Essex Poetry Festival and editor of Seam Poetry Magazine. Frank’s poetry collections are – On the Back of the Wind, 2008, Enough Light to See the Dark, 2012, and The Same Roads Back, 2014 from Cinnamon Press. He has two collections of haiku published in the UK.
In Dubai, he has run workshops in poetry and short story writing in schools, university, and for various literary groups. He is a member of the spoken word collectives Poeticians and Punch. In 2014 he was commissioned to act as the final translator for the poetry collection Flashes of Verse by HH Sheikh Mohammed, PM and Vice President of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai.
Frank is also working on novels, short stories and short screen, radio and stage plays. His screenplay for the short film Melody featured in the best short films of the Dubai 48 hour Film competition in 2012 and won the audience award for best short film in the Mumbai Women’s international Film Festival. Frank is a poetry judge for the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature and regularly reviews books for Talking of Books on Dubai Eye radio. (http://lifeandlegends.com/frank-dullaghan/)
Parents, your presence is highly solicited as well. Let us make it a family event with good company, soul-stirring poetry and a hot cup of goodness (tea/coffee or hot chocolate).