As the lights dimmed and romantic music played softly in the background, the Johnson Center Bistro was reminiscent of a coffeehouse scene. Spicy vegetables rolls, oven-baked cookies and hot artichoke and spinach dip lined the buffet, as students began to fill the room, preparing themselves for the performance. As the first poet stepped on the stage, the crowd became quiet. “I love. I care. I feel you in. I feel you all around me,” recites Christopher John Hoppe, a poet and published author who has been writing poetry all his life. Sponsored by the Mariposas Mentoring Program and the MU Chapter of Latinas Promoviendo Comunidad/Lambda Pi Chi Sorority, Inc., the annual Shades of Brown: Open Mic and Poetry event inspires different ethnic communities to come and be a part of literature and culture. Hoppe, author of poetry books “Tears, Spirit and Heart” and “Christina’s Rose of a Tear,” read his most prized works and silenced the crowd with his poetry about his love interest Christina. Engaged in art since the age of seven, Hoppe’s passionate words resonated with many Mason students and gave chills to some. “His lines are so simple, yet to the point. He seems so passionate. He […]
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