Veronika Kivisilla

Veronika Kivisilla (1978) is an Estonian poet who has also compiled children’s songbooks and written textbooks. Prior to publishing poetry, Kivisilla was known as a singer and storyteller. She has published three books of poetry. The most recent one, Cantus firmus published in 2015, was nominated for the Estonian Cultural Endowment poetry prize. Kivisilla’s poetry not only reveals an experienced storyteller in every poem but also her ability to find greater symbols and existential meanings in the smallest and most mundane activities. Every stranger met on a street corner or on the bus can say something important – or a random sentence dropped on the sidewalk or passageway becomes beautiful in Kivisilla’s telling. Every action counts, thus, every person counts – and therefore, the step from gloomy everyday life to clear meaning is shorter than we imagine.

Performs at

Date Event Name Location
Saturday, 27 May at 19:00 Poetry guests: Arvis Viguls, Bernhard Widder, Kristjan Haljak, Veronika Kivisilla, Vera Pavlova Wabadus

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