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LOCAL Announcement :: Activism : Baltimore MD : Culture : Peace : War in Iraq
Poems Against War: A Reading on Sept. 28
Poems Against War: A Journal of Poetry and Action, will be debuting its seventh issue on Sunday, Sept. 28, at the Baltimore Book Fair from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. The journal has sold and distributed nearly 1,000 copies of its seven issues since debuting in May 2003. The journal launched to give voice to American poets and international writers who demand peace, and oppose the Iraq war.
Poems Against War: A Journal of Poetry and Action will be hosting a panel discussion and then reading from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 28th, in the Creativity Cafe at the Baltimore Book Festival.
The event is titled, "Political Poetry: A Marriage in Heaven or Hell." The discussion during the first half-hour will investigate the pros and cons of political poetry, its pluses and pitfalls. At 2:30 p.m., the reading commences. It will feature Alan Barysh, Reginald Harris, Marcus Colasurdo, Gregg Mosson & guests.
The Baltimore Book Festival--which runs from Friday evening to Sunday evening, Sept. 26-28-- hosts almost 10 simultaneous stages with authors, editors, and panel discussions, along with numerous booths. Philosopher Cornel West will be there on Sunday. "Democracy Now!" radio journalist Amy Goodman also is coming to speak.
Poems Against War: A Journal says "Artists must raise their voices to inspire change."
The journal began publishing in 2003, with the kn owledge that mainstream U.S. literary magazines (much like the large media) were not going feature voices of dissent, voices of outrage, and voices for peace as the Iraq war gathered steam and unfortunately began.
The journal launched a Web site in 2008 at www.poemsagainstwar.com.
The Web site hosts a handout of 12 poems selected from all seven issues for readers and educators to read and use at will.
Here is one:
CLEAN WAR
by Patricia Wellingham-Jones
"They are calling this the cleanest war in all of military history."
--Tom Brokaw, April 2, 2003
Tell that to the ravens
plucking out eyes
on the blood-packed sand
To fathers cradling
the last of their hopes
in torn bodies
To young girls swelling
with the unwanted gifts
of swift strong soldiers
To mothers and wives
pulling on veils of grief
as they wash their dead
Inform the children
who wander dazed with thirst, alone
among ruins
Volumes six and the new volume seven are currently available through Wasteland Press, Amazon.com, and can be ordered through any bookseller. They also can be found in Baltimore at Red Emma's, Minas Gallery, and Normal's Bookstore; in N.Y.C. at St. Mark's; and in D.C. at Bridge Street Books.
The reading will be at the Creativity Cafe at the Baltimore Book Festival, Sept 28, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
The next hour is presented by D.C. Poets Against the War, who will offer a reading titled "Poems the Next President Should Read."
www.poemsagainstwar.com
The event is titled, "Political Poetry: A Marriage in Heaven or Hell." The discussion during the first half-hour will investigate the pros and cons of political poetry, its pluses and pitfalls. At 2:30 p.m., the reading commences. It will feature Alan Barysh, Reginald Harris, Marcus Colasurdo, Gregg Mosson & guests.
The Baltimore Book Festival--which runs from Friday evening to Sunday evening, Sept. 26-28-- hosts almost 10 simultaneous stages with authors, editors, and panel discussions, along with numerous booths. Philosopher Cornel West will be there on Sunday. "Democracy Now!" radio journalist Amy Goodman also is coming to speak.
Poems Against War: A Journal says "Artists must raise their voices to inspire change."
The journal began publishing in 2003, with the kn owledge that mainstream U.S. literary magazines (much like the large media) were not going feature voices of dissent, voices of outrage, and voices for peace as the Iraq war gathered steam and unfortunately began.
The journal launched a Web site in 2008 at www.poemsagainstwar.com.
The Web site hosts a handout of 12 poems selected from all seven issues for readers and educators to read and use at will.
Here is one:
CLEAN WAR
by Patricia Wellingham-Jones
"They are calling this the cleanest war in all of military history."
--Tom Brokaw, April 2, 2003
Tell that to the ravens
plucking out eyes
on the blood-packed sand
To fathers cradling
the last of their hopes
in torn bodies
To young girls swelling
with the unwanted gifts
of swift strong soldiers
To mothers and wives
pulling on veils of grief
as they wash their dead
Inform the children
who wander dazed with thirst, alone
among ruins
Volumes six and the new volume seven are currently available through Wasteland Press, Amazon.com, and can be ordered through any bookseller. They also can be found in Baltimore at Red Emma's, Minas Gallery, and Normal's Bookstore; in N.Y.C. at St. Mark's; and in D.C. at Bridge Street Books.
The reading will be at the Creativity Cafe at the Baltimore Book Festival, Sept 28, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
The next hour is presented by D.C. Poets Against the War, who will offer a reading titled "Poems the Next President Should Read."
www.poemsagainstwar.com
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