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If a 167,000 pound box couldn’t stop the hemorrhage, what can? A poem to ease the flow:
Poets for Living Waters is a poetry action in response to the Gulf Oil Disaster of April 20, 2010, one of the most profound man-made ecological catastrophes in history. Former US poet laureate Robert Pinsky describes the popularity of poetry after 9/11 as a turn away from the disaster’s overwhelming enormity to a more manageable individual scale. As we confront the magnitude of this recent tragedy, such a return may well aid us.
The first law of ecology states that everything is connected to everything else. An appreciation of this systemic connectivity suggests a wide range of poetry will offer a meaningful response to the current crisis, including work that harkens back to Hurricane Katrina and the ongoing regional effects.
This online periodical is the first in a planned series of actions.
Further actions will include a print anthology and a public reading in Washington DC.
If you would like to submit work for consideration, please send 1-3 poems, a short bio, and credits for any previously published submissions to: poetsforlivingwaters@yahoo.com
Editors: Amy King & Heidi Lynn Staples
Tags: make a difference, sharks
This poetry action has my complete support and gratitude — for the earth.
sorry, but printing poetry is not an action. reading poetry is hardly even an action.
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This poetry action has my complete support and gratitude — for the earth.
sorry, but printing poetry is not an action. reading poetry is hardly even an action.
If the poetry leads to money getting to NWF or to people on bird-scrub detail, then okay. If it’s about making it manageable on an individual scale–then they should eff off.
If the poetry leads to money getting to NWF or to people on bird-scrub detail, then okay. If it’s about making it manageable on an individual scale–then they should eff off.
Reading poetry can lead to writing poetry and writing poetry is an excellent way to exercise one’s voice, and having a strong and ready voice is a good way to be prepared to stand up and speak out for one’s beliefs. And act upon them. And move beyond a “manageable individual scale”, if one so desires.
For any of you kids, teachers or parents out there interested in another venue, this one for young people, the Watershed Poetry project, and the yearly River of Words contest (not that I’m a fan of contests per se, I’m not), started by former US poet laureate Robert Hass:
http://www.riverofwords.org/about/index.html
Or, if this is too “mainstream” for one’s bent, there are always more “local” ways – I am reminded of the awesome writing project in New Orleans after Katrina that Amy McDaniel wrote about here recently.
Reading poetry can lead to writing poetry and writing poetry is an excellent way to exercise one’s voice, and having a strong and ready voice is a good way to be prepared to stand up and speak out for one’s beliefs. And act upon them. And move beyond a “manageable individual scale”, if one so desires.
For any of you kids, teachers or parents out there interested in another venue, this one for young people, the Watershed Poetry project, and the yearly River of Words contest (not that I’m a fan of contests per se, I’m not), started by former US poet laureate Robert Hass:
http://www.riverofwords.org/about/index.html
Or, if this is too “mainstream” for one’s bent, there are always more “local” ways – I am reminded of the awesome writing project in New Orleans after Katrina that Amy McDaniel wrote about here recently.
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