The English and Communications Faculty at Durham Tech present . . .

1. The Poetry HourMonday, August 29 3:30-4:30in Phillips 373Featured Topic: Art and PoetryDillon Wilson, Stacey Whitlow, Perry Cumbie, and Tracy Constantine will read and lead discussion about four poems that can be paired with famous works of art.Open to students, staff, and faculty.Light refreshments. The English and Communications Faculty at Durham Tech present . . .

2. “Poetry is a speaking picture; painting is silent poetry.”--Simonides

3. The Old GuitaristPablo Picasso, 1903-1904 and “The Man with the Blue Guitar” Wallace Stevens, 1936

5. Leda and the SwanPaul Cezanne, 1880-82 and “Leda”Mona Van Duyn, 1970 / “Leda and the Swan”William Butler Yeats, 1928 The Old GuitaristPablo Picasso, 1903-1904 and “The Man with the Blue Guitar” Wallace Stevens, 1936

7. Leda and the SwanPaul Cezanne, 1880-82 and “Leda”Mona Van Duyn, 1970 / “Leda and the Swan”William Butler Yeats, 1928 The Starry NightVincent van Gogh, 1889 and “Vincent”Don McLean, 1971 “The Starry Night”Anne Sexton, 1961 The Old GuitaristPablo Picasso, 1903-1904 and “The Man with the Blue Guitar” Wallace Stevens, 1936

9. Leda and the SwanPaul Cezanne, 1880-82 and “Leda”Mona Van Duyn, 1970 / “Leda and the Swan”William Butler Yeats, 1928 The Starry NightVincent van Gogh, 1889 and “Vincent”Don McLean, 1971 “The Starry Night”Anne Sexton, 1961 The Old GuitaristPablo Picasso, 1903-1904 and “The Man with the Blue Guitar” Wallace Stevens, 1936 Landscape with the Fall of IcarusPieter Brueghel the Elder, 1554-5 and “Musee des Beaux Arts”W. H. Auden, 1940

11. “Poetry is a speaking picture; painting is silent poetry.”--Simonides