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Library Events & Outreach, 2025-2026

International Poetry Reading

 

International Poetry Reading

November, 19, 2025

1-2 pm

Skyline College Library

Celebrate International Education Week with Skyline’s International Poetry Reading! Share a poem in any non-English language (with translation/summary) or simply come to listen and enjoy the beauty of poetry across cultures. All are welcome!

International Voices: Poetry Books to Read or Borrow

Sample Poems from the International Poetry Reading (Nov 19, 2025)

Gratitude/ Gratidão By Luciana Castro

Clarity/ Clareza

Trust/ Confiança

Faith in Life/ Fé na Vida

Spirituality/ Espiritu alidade

Flexibility/ Flexibilidade

Loyalty/ Lealdade

Responsibility/Responsabilidade

Honesty/ Honestidade

Peace/ Paz

Self/esteem/ Auto -estima

Health/ Saúde em geral

Kindness/ Amabilidade

Efficiency/ eficiência

Truth/Verdade

Ageless/Não tem idade

For concrete and ephemeral serenity/ 

Para concreta e fugaz serenidade


Banana in Glass By Sandy Liu
For Organic Chemistry Lab, Dr. Susanne Schubert
Careful, grease the joints 
Reaction will take its course 
Must have a reflux 
Waiting by the glass, 
Theory yield high, but flask low 
Patience is the key 
Vapor climbs the glass 
Rises, cools, and falls again 
Pure liquid collects 
Golden ester drips, 
Sweet scent fills the late lab 
Banana in glass