Jon Thompson
  • Home
  • Free Verse
  • Free Verse Editions
  • Poetry/Essays
    • Vita
  • Teaching
  • Photographs
  • Contact Me

Tripoli International Poetry Festival, April 28-30, 2012

Picture
Marcus Aurelius Arch in Tripoli
Picture
Wall mural celebrating the overthrow of Gaddafi
Picture
Picture
Picture
Old City, Tripoli
Picture
Traditional hanging lamps
Picture
Picture
Traditional Sufi musicians mark the beginning of the festival
Picture
Ashur Etwebi kicks off the festival
Picture
Khaled Mattawa offers opening remarks
Picture
Before the festival opens, some poets: Tony Hoagland in baseball cap, Carolyn Forche, Taher Riyad. In the second row, Nii Parkes, Marilyn Hacker, Rasha Umran and Matthew Sweeney in a linen jacket, finding something amusing...
Picture
Carolyn Forche reads
Picture
One of the panels, from left to right: Tony Hoagland, Zakaria Muhammad, Carolyn Forche, Iman Mersal, Salem Al-Okley, Khaled Mattawa
Picture
Part of the Old City in Tripoli
Picture
Roman ruins in Sabartha
Picture
Picture
Fully functioning amphitheatre in Sabratha
Picture
Ruins of Sabratha, on the Meditteranean, facing north towards Rome...
Picture
Totally intact tile floor of a Roman villa facing the Mediterranean--
Picture
Me, in the desert, en route to the ancient mountain village of Efren, in northwest Libya, close to Tunisia
Picture
Part of the Tripoli skyline