Poetry Workshop
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Introduction: Poetry Workshop
Poetry is a blanket, poetry is a sea, poetry is a companion, poetry is a hand that reaches inside you and pulls you apart. These are all answers to the question: What is poetry to you? The students of Dr. Abigail Fagan’s “Poetry Workshop” endeavored to find out in this independent studies course, which took place at Leibniz University Hannover in the summer semester of 2025.
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Fenja Ilsemann: Wonderland
“I sat on a wall in wonderland”
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Theresa Donath: A letter shaped like a half moon
“My neighbour's granddaughter comes to visit often”
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Farima Fallah: Poetry in the Eye
“Poetry—my quiet, emotional shelter”
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Tutku Büşra Öktem: Then and Now
“The pots you never failed to keep lush”
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Farah Salaheddin: Rejected
“What are these words…”
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Niklas Zabe: Underweartaker
“It is Friday the 13th and I am wearing my grandpa’s underwear”
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Christine Poljanskij: Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Dog
“you are on a bus in norway”
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Celina Plaß: Anxiety/Love
“I think I just caught that feeling”
