時間 Time：2025/7/27 (Sunday) 3:00pm-4:00pm
地點 Venue：Auditorium (1/F) in Broadway Cinematheque
主持 Moderator: Polly Ho
詩人 Poets：Bonnie Wai-Lee Kwong, Atom Cheung
語言Language：English
He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.
― Marcus Aurelius
How often do we feel unrest with ourselves? In this imperfect world, our expectations cannot always be met. Our career goals do not go the way we want. Sometimes, the day doesn’t go as we want. Even the weather is unpredictable. Some people are stuck in the past and resentful of past events. Some people constantly worry about the future. Writing poetry is a way to begin a quest for peace with yourself. In this session, two poets will be sharing their writing journey and reading their poems. If you have poems related to this theme, you are welcome to read and share.
About the poets:
Bonnie Wai-Lee Kwong works in many mediums: poetry, music, theater, performance, video and software. Born in Wisconsin and raised in Hong Kong, she lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for two decades before returning to Hong Kong to care for her mother. She can still be spotted in California from time to time. The department of peace (Sixteen Rivers Press) is her third book of poetry, following The Quenching (Finishing Line Press) and ravel (Neopoesis Press). She has staged two plays: Liriope and There's No Stopping to My Thoughts. Renku.earth, an Elixir application she built for writing poetry collaboratively, was a runner-up for the 2024 Elixir Consultancy Prize from the consultancy firm Erlang Solutions.
Atom Cheung is a poet based in Hong Kong. He is the voice of Atomic Heart, an intimate poetry podcast. He has recently completed two poetry manuscripts, Forty-One Frames (a collection of 67 poems written during a transformative five-year stay at the heritage building Mei Ho House) and Don’t Kick the Cat’s Stomach (a collection of 23 poems exploring diaspora, religious trauma, and caregiving). His latest works appeared in Where Else: An International Hong Kong Poetry Anthology and Canto Cutie. Learn more at www.atomcheung.com
Also check out other Arts events in Hong Kong, Literary Art events in Hong Kong.
