The Dream of a Poet by John Anstie, Le Fée Verte, Absinthe by Jamie Dedes Jamie: What is the place of the poet and poetry in war? / Yes, there will be singing. by the bending of the spine, There have been 100,000 Drummers for Change … and Musicians and Photographers as well. Bravo, Michael. emptiness , hunger ,cold and thoughts You will find the details here. Ready for a walk back, to shave the land of all pretentious shenanigans And I think that one of things 100TPC gives us is hope … huge hope from seeing that there are people in every nook-and-cranny of the world who share our values and priorities. This photograph of her is iconic and became – with the addition of the verse below – “The Poster,” which was designed by Sheila Levrant de Bretteville. of one great astrophysical master plan Submit work in the body of your email along with a BRIEF bio. Image courtesy of Pixabay.com. That’s clean power. TERRI CARRION was conceived in Venezuela and born in New York to a Galician mother and Cuban father. War is not sustainable. “The Other Woman,” Imen Benyoub’s heart-wrenching poem, is not who you think—but in the current global storm of conflict and national political climate, indeed, she is Other. I found that quality contributed to the work’s readability. So Michael did what writers and poets do. Once we’ve shared hearts, souls and stories through poetry, how can we marginalize anyone? That spring, four students were shot at Kent State. Thorns stem from grafted roots blood corroded your dignity The first order of change is for poets, writers, musicians, artists, activists to get together to create and perform, educate and demonstrate, simultaneously, with other communities around the world. Today, poetry slams usually involve actual voting, as do many online sites. River River Journal is published twice yearly, featuring poetry, prose, and translations in English, as well as images from contributors around the world. butcheries of human flesh I’m actually more like adjunct faculty, but no one at the college works directly for a kibbutz as far as I know, and the college is open to anybody who qualifies. truth to the presupposing chemical destiny I recall trying to stop on a few occasions, either to work in some other aspect of my life, or when I did a different kind of writing, such as for my dissertation (which devolved into creative writing for more than half of it). His poetry has won international awards and been translated into several languages. “There is something in me maybe someday death threatened even the dead and their shadows Love is a battle I can win. the rotten gardeners remain Who knows? When an atrocity is committed poems are a potent way of expressing shock and anger, also of bearing witness. It is traditional to eat meals and sleep in the sukkot during the week of the holiday. Can poetry, art and literature move us to peace? The place we stay in, a friend’s house (he travels every summer), has a lovely courtyard, and after the children went to bed, Aviva and I would sit out in it, usually with a glass of wine. Sharon Olds tells an interviewer about poets she admires: “Their spirits and their visions are embodied in their craft. war began anyway; that hope must Winter kept us warm, covering While some use poetry to galvanize war, Michael’s poetry is a cry for peace. The method of analysis is open. Our 2015 commemorative page is HERE. Self-publishing has become easy and cheap, so anyone could have a book who wants to, now. will inoculate you I’m pleased but not surprise with her reaction to Michael’s piece. This event in Jerusalem suggests another way to organize around 100TPC, which could be emulated elsewhere. by so much violence, Decade of Bullets, Mbizo Chirasha. English Poet Myra Schneider at her 80th Birthday celebration and the launch of her 12th collection, Myra Schneider said in an interview HERE, that “I believe the role of the poet is to reflect on human experience and the world we live in and to articulate it for oneself and others. All we ask is that local communities organize events about change within the guidelines of peace and sustainability. Michael Rothenberg: Poet and editor of Public domain, license cc0, Something about the weight of it. Feed cattle and goats Wabi Sabi by Jamie Dedes, Father Sky by Priscilla Galasso Perhaps of relevance to this book, the writing took over. I wrote. m e r e There’s an Israeli mentor of mine, Karen Alkalay-Gut, who has organized 100TPC events in Tel Aviv since the first year. Poetry is that particular way of organizing our thoughts and imagination into music, emotion, image and story. political baboons puffing wind of vendetta We’ll never achieve a sustainable peace. that we must cry for all children who die”, – Michael Dickel, (Mosquitos) War Surrounds Us. All rights reserved. She grew up in Los Angeles where she spent her youth skateboarding and slam-dancing. I’ve read Michael’s latest collection and will post a review, interview, and some sample poems shortly on. I can’t image why they would. Last year, I spoke to a graduate-student seminar about social media, poetry, and the latest wave of “democratization of poetry.” That discussion evolved into the foreword of The Art of Being Human, Vol. Peace, Sustainability and Justice … on 26 Sept. 2015, 100 Thousand Poets (et al) for Change, Interview with Secular Sexuality on Sex and Disability. Your Sideroads sigh While I do need my payments, it’s this sort of thing – this human connection – that is satisfying right down to the marrow of my bones. at the mourning tents; that the mourning I have designed my chest with the care given to an illuminated manuscript. These influenced both my writing and my world view. blowing mournfully in a lead-filled breeze. But really, going back into my early years, I wrote stories or poems of some sort—influenced I suppose by A. It means that as poets we should continue to bear witness, to touch hearts, to raise consciousness and to nurture the process of growth. Converge by Silva Zanoyan Merjanian, The Will of the Quill by Corina Ravenscraft, Reasons by Blaga Todorova Nothing Remembers is a dream of peace, the peace that may come if and when persons and peoples live in a present comfortable with close and distant memory. The BeZine, Issue 2 lungs of marange choking with diamonds as I fan. ZIMBABWE God is a Verb and Science is a verb popped out at her. In the introduction to the March issue of The BeZine, themed Science in Culture, Politics and Religion, Contributing Editor Michael Dickel wrote: “The title of David Cooper’s book on Kabbalah invites us to re-think the Creator as Creating: God is a Verb. your sunshine eaten by rough talk and hate verbs A poem is a drop of rain, a little I don’t know. After years of knowing Michael Rothenberg through email and Facebook, I only finally met him in person this past summer. and cried on each others’ shoulders; infinite sky, Some semesters I teach full-time or even more, but usually not. Isle of Wight Literary Festival organisers want Isle of Wight writers to share the aspect of the Island that inspires their work, in a short video. to take flight in the September – Social Justice; and We hold the event open for 24 hours, sometimes longer. I very much believe too that poetry is a way of celebrating life. for all living things. desensitized a place of kings , Ntabazinduna, Kwekwe What a fuss , horrible. The point is to be seen and heard, SECOND LIGHT NETWORK (SLN) OF WOMEN POETS, Announcing our three new Zine team members and other news …, Meta/ Phor(e) /Play – Words, Images, & More, The Road to Zvegona, a poem by Poet-in-Exhile Mbizo Chirasha; Update on Mbizo’s situation, NOTICE FREEDOM VOICES PRIZE and BRAVE VOICES POETRY JOURNAL, Part 1 of 3: Zimbabwean Poet in Exile: Award-Winning Mbizo Chirasha, A Life on the Run, Interview, Part 2 of 3: Zimbabwean Poet in Exile: Award-Winning Mbizo Chirasha, Four Poems, PART 3 of 3: Zimbabwean Poet in Exile: Award-Winning Mbizo Chirasha, Call for Action – Here’s Where the Rubber Hits the Road, Of ReGimes, ReRuns, and My Birth, Poems by Mbizo Chirasha, Introducing John Anstie, lead for the December issue of “The BeZine,” theme “Life of the Spirit”, Contributing Editor, Michael Dickel’s new collection, upcoming from Finishing Line Press, Deena Metzger, a triumph of tattoo and poetry over mastectomy; “The BeZine” call for submissions. –Ina Roy-Faderman, author of 56 Days of August: an anthology of postcard poems. For the past two years, I organized a poetry reading in Jerusalem. There’s patient support available before, during and after mastectomy. © 2016, words and mother/daughter photograph, Jamie Dedes, All rights reserved; © Deena’s photograph and poem Deena Metzger. Sometimes it feels more like channeling than writing. chief that children should be allowed to live; Michael Dickel is one of them: he uses language like layers of color in a complex painting — you can access experiences that you otherwise wouldn’t have. There’s a wonderful poet in Haifa who does some events, I don’t think every year. We all come from an organic online writing community. –Adeena Karasick, author of Salomé: Woman of Valor, “I know so many wildly talented writers. The sense of a book holding together, a collection of poems having some coherence, is important to me. The result is his third collection of poems, a chapbook, War Surrounds Us. However, most of our friendship has been sustained and maintained by email and online connections—dating back to before any of us had heard of Facebook. . We have to make our own. villagers tired of toyi toyi Fixed Stars Govern A Life: Decoding Sylvia Plath by Julia Gordon-Bramer. One of the first things to strike me about the collection as a whole is how it flows, so well in fact that it reads almost like one long poem. cactus and roses blooming together Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. the unfolding of wings as a butterfly. 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It is also important that the event be documented. moral ground, Or, do as Rev. 100,000 Poets, Musicians, Artists and Activists for Change, Like 100,000 Poets (and friends) for Change 2018 GLOBAL EVENT, HEADS-UP POETS AND POETRY LOVERS in and around Hamilton Ontario: Save-the-Date, The BeZine Contributing Editor, Michael Dickel reading, FOR POETRY MONTH: Meaning and Pleasure … featuring Michael Dickel and Myra Schneider, Science in Culture, Politics and Religion, April 2016, Vol. died when bullet wind swept your nights the l i e s In short, a renaissance man. But we are trying not to be dogmatic. We hope that together we can develop our ideas of the “change/transformation” we are looking for as a global community , and that each local community group will decide their own specific area of focus for change for their particular event. Two years, I don ’ t know poems of poets and writers submissions dissertation sort—influenced I suppose a! 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