The 18th World Poetry Festival begins in Nueva Esparta

In the state of Nueva Esparta, the programming of the eighteenth edition of the World Poetry Festival began, which pays tribute to the Barin poet Leonardo Ruiz Tirado, with the meeting called “Entreversos”, in which children from the community from Conejeros in Porlamar, Mariño municipality, read prominent national poets.

This was reported by the coordinator of the National Poetry School in the state of Nueva Esparta, Mirimarit Paradas, who highlighted the importance of children’s relationship with poetry.

“In this meeting, the voices of the poets Ramón Palomares, Gustavo Pereira, Luis Alberto Crespo, our honoree Leonardo Ruiz, among others, were heard through the children, because they are the protagonists in this meeting, to give it color and that nuance of joy, to our festival,” said Paradas.

Present at the meeting were prominent writers from the state of Nueva Esparta, such as Luis Emilio Romero and Pedro Salima, who highlighted the importance of poetry to encourage reading in new generations.

Children and adults shared the joy of reading poetry

Paula Salima, a participant in the poetry workshop who was only 9 years old, commented that she was very happy to participate in this type of activities and invited other children to read poetry, which she defined as “fun and relaxing.”

Poetry is an exciting part of life, this is how Teresita Suárez, a resident of Conejeros, defines it, who said that she has begun to reread the poetry that moved her in other moments of life.

“I invite everyone who wants to have a delicious state, to reopen their poetry books and to renew that delicious spiritual contact that makes us very happy, which is poetry,” said Suárez.

Programming in Nueva Esparta

This Tuesday, July 9, a recital was held in tribute to older adult poets at the headquarters of Juan Griego’s Inass, with the participation of writers and poets Luis Emilio Romero, Luis Miguel Patiño, Gisela del Pino, among others. .

For this Wednesday, July 10, a painting and poetry workshop is planned at the Francisco Narváez Museum of Contemporary Art at eleven in the morning, led by the poet and facilitator Zayda Salomón, open to the public.

On Thursday, July 11, there will be a conversation in tribute to the poet Leonardo Ruiz at the Simón Bolívar theater in Juan Griego, starting at 10:00 in the morning.

The festival closes on Friday, July 12, with two activities that will take place at the House of Cultural Diversity, located in La Asunción. The first is a conversation, which will take place at 10:00 am, on the surrealist poetry of José Lira Sosa, led by the storyteller Pedro Salima.

The second activity is at 3:00 pm, it will be an approach to poetry through a conversation with Eva Cristina Franco, with the presentation of her book Musas de Margarita, ending with a concert by maestro Raúl Landaeta.