Student poets gather for reading

By Benjamin Scott

Guest Writer

On Friday, Nov. 12, Saint Mary’s University and Winona State students shared a mic for the third annual “Confluence of Voices.”

The event was created by former poet Laureate Jim Armstrong, a professor at Winona State, and the now current poet Laureate Ken McCullough, of SMU’s Academic Advising department, last year to bring together the talents of their students for a poetic afternoon. Around 35 people sat in an especially cozy Mugby Junction, located just across from the Winona State campus, and intently listened to poems that ranged from a pornographic love affair to a eulogy on homelessness.

SMU sophomore Rosa Edholm appreciated the “diversity of the poetic form and the poets themselves.” She especially invoked the want of more collaborative poetry readings in the future. “I value the opportunity to share my expressions with fellow collegiate students and the Winona community alike,” said Edholm.

At the end of the readings, Armstrong asked the crowd if they would be interested in more collaborative readings; the response was an overwhelming agreement.