TUESDAY DECEMBER 10th at 6p.m in lecture theatre B1
The Irish Centre for Poetry Studies, Mater Dei Institute, Clonliffe Road, Dublin 3
Dr Ron Callan
on
Marianne Moore’s “A Jelly-Fish”
Visible, invisible,
a fluctuating charm
an amber-tinctured amethyst
inhabits it, your arm
approaches and it opens
and it closes; you had meant
to catch it and it quivers;
you abandon your intent.
To honour John Devitt RIP, former Head of English at Mater Dei Institute , the Irish Centre for Poetry Studies at Mater Dei holds an annual seminar at which an invited speaker discusses a poem of their choice. Audiences are encouraged to engage actively in these sessions, which are open to all. This year’s seminar will be led by Dr Ron Callan, a pioneering figure in the field of American literature within Ireland and beyond, and a profoundly respected teacher, recently retired from the Department of English at University College Dublin. His chosen text will ”The Jelly-Fish” by Marianne Moore, or rather Moore’s two versions of that poem. The seminar will be followed by the launch of issue IV of POST: A REVIEW OF POETRY STUDIES. The Irish Centre for Poetry Studies looks forward to seeing you there.
Email Michael Hinds with any enquiries:
michael.hinds@dcu.ie