Name: The connective potential of poetry
Uploaded: 2020-06-03T15:29:10Z
Duration: 17 min 54 s
Description: To cut through the noise and disconnection of an increasingly digital world, poet William Sieghart proposes a centuries-old tool for connection - poetry. In this talk, he describes how the language of poetry can offer comfort in a time of isolation.

To cut through the noise and disconnection of an increasingly digital world, poet William Sieghart proposes a centuries-old tool for connection - poetry. In this talk, he describes how the language of poetry can offer comfort in a time of isolation.

William Sieghart: The connective potential of poetry

The connective potential of poetry

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