Bulletin No. 1, 2015

Literacy Culture on and beyond Campus  13  Why poetry? Dr. Chan says, ‘People think poetry is impractical and has a niche market. But in fact, poetry represents what’s most refined and beautiful, and embodies the purest and the most sublime. If one wants to enter the humanistic world via words, poetry could be the most effective means.’ Despite being in existence for only a few years, ‘The Power of Words’ has organized a wide range of poetic and artistic activities, including the ‘A Day in CUHK in the 21st Century’ writing event, the colloquium ‘Conversing about Xiao Hong’, as well as a number of reading and writing workshops. It also invites artists of different fields to its ‘Dialogues in the Arts’ series to share their views with CUHK members. In early 2015, famous writer Ms. Wong Bik-wan came to the CUHK campus to do a recitation in an event called ‘Reading in NA Concourse’. She also taught CUHK students to write in the ‘Literary Sketching at Wan Chai’ activity. Blackboard poems and glass wall poems are now intellectual delights on the CUHK campus. Various activities organized by ‘The Power of Words’ are also much anticipated by CUHK readers and writers. Ph oto by Andrew Wong Photo by Wong Shing-kit Photo by Jenny Lau Photo by Hui Lok-in Ms. Wong Bik-wan