“Florentine Poems.” Four Poems Inspired by a Student’s Trip to Florence.

Recently-graduated Queens student Brooke Wright visited Florence, Italy through a faculty-led program in Summer 2022, courtesy of Queens University of Charlotte’s John Belk International Program (JBIP). This program focused on Florentine literature, but she found herself captivated by the art she learned about and was exposed to during her trip. These poems resulted from such interdisciplinary inspiration.

Image: “Birth of Venus,” Sandro Botticelli. Tempera on canvas, 1485.