Here is a poem by new protege, SOSO QIPSHIDZE, 16, Young PEN prize winner, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2008:
VAGUENESS
This is not blank verse nor a short story....I'm not Bob Marley and I'm not a provincialist rapper....I ain't no gangster and I'm not a tight lipped punk....I'm not drunk but I'm not awake....I don't like it when I sleep but I like it when I want to sleep....I'm not kind but I'm not wicked....I don't like you and I don't love you too....I don't always want to live but I don't wanna die....People don't love me....they they don't hate me neither.....I'm somewhere in the middle and I'll be there all my life....Here, where I'm at is a huge and beautiful color wheel....I'm sinking in vagueness. Here there are huge spaces and beautiful colors.
Photos provided by Ross McConnell of the "Tbilisi Tattler"
Nino, aka "Wolfie", one of the presenters....
New tel. no. : 91 37 85 or email us at: linguahouse@hotmail.com
POETS & PERFORMERS who attended: Amiran Svimonishvili [Paco]; Nino Burduli; Medea Zaalishvili; Mary Shengelia; Gia Chkonia [pianist]; Goga Shoshiashvili [guitarist]; George Pkhaladze [guitarist]; Kote Kubaneishvili; Dato Akriani; Gia Kobakhidze; Bryan Adrian; Givi Margvelashvili......
Kote Kubaneishvili, poet
Nino Burduli, actress and intellectual
Medea Zaalishvili, translator
Dato Akriani, poet/translator
Bryan Adrian, writer
THE CARAVAN
Givi Margvelashvili the Master of Ceremony!
Gia Kobakhidze, former MP
......"Thanks for coming!"
Original flier for the event, below:
Georgian, American, and other
poets will read from their own works of poetry, in addition to a large number
of poetry and prose experts reading from the works of great famous poets, in
the original languages and in translation also.THE CARAVAN is near the Public Library on Purtseladze Street, just behind Rustaveli Cinema.
Every second or third poet after
their performance will be followed by a musician. Average time for
each poet and musician is about five to fifteen minutes.
This nearly two hour event will be
crowded with entertaining performances and a delicious array of talents [and in hindsight, it was!!].
For those who are hungry or
thirsty, The Caravan has an attractive menu of drinks and food from which to
order, covering the entire price range from 3 GEL cognacs/soft drinks, to
very fine food and whiskeys.
PLEASE
CONTACT, IF INTERESTED, ASAP !
Nino Mgdeladze or Bryan Adrian at LINGUA HOUSE, tel: 91 37 85, or
via mobile phone number:
895 50 29 57 in Tbilisi, Georgia
or drop in and say "hi" in person at our school at
25 Abashidze, Vake district, Tbilisi
Thanks!
......"Thanks for coming!"