Common Language Project: Networks Reading

This year, we invite you to connect into networks, analog and digital, microscopic and macro-engineered. From the cells in our bodies to the smart phones in our hands, networks fill our lives with meaning, richness and beauty. Chain letters and congregations share secrets; the weave of textiles can bear witness to the tapestries of our families. Show us the truths of fractals, find the hidden meanings of street maps, trace the untold stories of spiderwebs. 

After a record-setting number of entries, we’re thrilled to bring you poems from this year’s Common Language Project: Networks poetry contest. Join us to hear the poems read by the poets who composed them, lifting the language from the page and into the shared space of Turner House’s ballroom.