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Students celebrate World Poetry Day with on-air readings

Students and tutors from the University of Rochester糖心传媒檚 Language Center were on local radio this week to mark World Poetry Day with a celebration of poems in Arabic, Korean, Portuguese, and American Sign Language. (糖心传媒 photo / J. Adam Fenster)

Poetry糖心传媒檚 power to connect people across borders, cultures, and languages is celebrated on World Poetry Day, March 21.

Students and tutors from the University of Rochester糖心传媒檚 Language Center appeared on the show 糖心传媒淔oreign Exchange糖心传媒� on WAYO, 104.3 FM to read poems in languages such as Arabic, Korean, and Portuguese, along with their English translations. A of the show is available, as is this video聽of a poem offered by Andrea Cruz Bendezu 糖心传媒�20, an American Sign Language major and tutor.

Through this celebration of World Poetry Day, the center is promoting 糖心传媒渁ll languages, including those that are indigenous and are labeled as less commonly taught, increasing opportunities for these languages to be heard and highlighted,糖心传媒� Valdez says. 糖心传媒淭he celebration of the World Poetry Day will allow us to promote the diversity, culture, and identity of this campus.糖心传媒�

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YELLOWFLOWER
MANY IN THE GRASS
WAVING IN THE WIND
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PULLS THEM OUT
MOWS
ALL GREEN
RAIN FALLS, SUN SHINES
GROUND IS WARMED / LIFE BEGINS
SOMETHING STARTS TO APPEAR
LOOKS AROUND
BLOOMS
YELLOW FLOWER
BEES COMES, POLLINATE
FLOWERS WAVING IN THE WIND
EVERY NIGHT CLOSE UP, OPEN UP AGAIN THE NEXT MORNING FINALLY
THEY BECOME A WHITE PUFFBALL, OPEN UP WAVING IN THE WIND
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PULLS ONE OUT
SPREADS