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Lacey poet laureate welcomes Mińsk Mazowiecki delegation with poem
Summary
Cynthia, the City of Lacey's poet laureate, recited a poem welcoming a sister‑city delegation from Mińsk Mazowiecki, Poland during a City of Lacey meeting; the reading emphasized friendship, cultural exchange and mutual learning.
Cynthia, the City of Lacey's poet laureate, recited a poem welcoming a sister‑city delegation from Mińsk Mazowiecki, Poland during a City of Lacey meeting. The poem framed the visit as an exchange of friendship and mutual learning.
The poem opened with a direct address to the visiting delegation. “We offer you handshakes across our continents and greet you as we would our own sisters or brothers,” Cynthia said, adding that each visit “brings a recognition of commonality, smiles, laughter, and awe.”
In the middle of the reading Cynthia contrasted global instability with the connection she described between the two cities. “So much of the world stands on unstable ground, but here we are solid as a plinth,” she said. She closed by invoking shared growth: “what we will gain from this time together is like the well known story, a basket of fish that will keep growing the more our two cities pass it around.”
A meeting host introduced Cynthia and noted the city’s delegation visit to Poland before the poem. The reading was presented as a ceremonial welcome and no formal council action followed the presentation.
The poem referenced Mayor Marchand and other officials of the visiting delegation; Cynthia offered a welcome “with warmth, sharing what we have, and learning from you as you learn from us.”
