The Damascus Directorate of Culture organized, on Sunday, a poetry evening titled "Autumn Memory" at the Al-Adawi Arab Cultural Center, with the participation of six poets who presented texts expressing different creative experiences inspired by the autumn season as an experience of contemplation and recalling memories.
Poet Iman Al-Sabbagh explained that autumn constitutes an inspiring environment for poetic writing due to the atmospheres it carries that push the poet to contemplate and renew ideas, noting that autumn is not an end but a new beginning preceding the return of greenery and life, emphasizing that hope can be born from the womb of pain and suffering.
For her part, poet Hanaa Dawood emphasized the importance of cultural centers in Damascus and their role in hosting creative poets and writers, providing them with the opportunity to present their literary output, considering that literature and arts constitute the fundamental seed of any intellectual and civilizational renaissance.
Poet Ahmad Barhoum pointed out that poetry expresses the human and social environment through the four seasons, but autumn has special meanings related to the autumn of life and tenderness, noting that the poems of the evening addressed emotional and romantic themes, as well as Damascus-specific topics, in an attempt to create an atmosphere of emotional warmth.
The evening comes within the framework of literary activities organized by the Damascus Directorate of Culture in its cultural centers, reaffirming its role in activating intellectual and literary movement, and opening platforms to diverse poetic experiences that contribute to preserving creativity and enhancing its presence in cultural and social life.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)
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