New York poets Kirk Larsen and Alan Semerdjian presented Nearing Mid-Autumn Harvest, while Jeff Crosby, an American artist long based in China's Yunnan province, staged an expressive Mandarin performance of Water Melody.
Representing the UN Department of Global Communications, Peter Dawkins said the event "reminds us that though nations may be far apart, we share one sky and one moon". Poetry and the arts carry the power to unite hearts beyond language, reflecting the very spirit of peace and understanding for which the United Nations stands, he added.
Co-organized by the Sino-American Culture and Arts Foundation, the event served as part of a Chinese Ministry of Culture and Tourism's global initiative, taking poetry as a timeless bridge of friendship across cultures.
