Poetry Day X Corvinus: If you read just ten poems about spring today, let these be the ones
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Corvinus may not be an art institution, but its community is driven by a curiosity that embraces poetry, at least on Poetry Day, April 11.
This day also provides a great opportunity to celebrate the university’s vibrant international community and the languages that connect us. For example, its poetry, which makes it possible to share experiences that are lived in similar yet diverse ways across human communities in Kazakhstan, France, China, and the United States.
As the spring weather in Hungary is still delayed, we have searched for poems or excerpts in the frequent languages of our student community that reflect the anticipation of the season of renewal, the joy of nature’s revival. We thank the international students and the Centre for Foreign Language Education and Research for their help with the selection.
The Hungarian poem will be presented in Hungarian, while the others will be shared in English translation so that anyone in our community can access them in one of the university’s official languages. If you usually don’t pick up poems during the rest of the year, take the opportunity now to read a few lines about spring buds, birds, and, of course, the inevitably awakening tender feelings from American poet Robert Frost, German poet Rainer Maria Rilke, Arabic poet Abu Tammam, or even Vietnamese poet Ho Xuan Huong.
Although Poetry Day in Hungary is connected to the 120th anniversary of József Attila’s birth, this time Hungarian poetry is represented by an excerpt from a poem by Árpád Tóth.