100 Poems of Solidarity for Haiti
Alice Lovelace (http://www.alicelovelace.com)
Invite
you to submit up to two (2) poems (no poem longer than 1,000 words) to
“100 Poems of Solidarity for Haiti”
· The poem and AN INTERVIEW of one
(winning) writer will be published in the ART CHANGES section of In Motion
Magazine and $200.00 will be donated to the Haiti relief effort in their name.
· In addition, the best poems of the 100
will be published in In Motion Magazine.
· AND all one hundred poems will be
available for download in a PDF (for a small fee, which will be donated to
Haiti relief efforts).
Following one of the most devastating natural disasters in modern memory,
Haitians are digging themselves out from under tons of rubble. The true
extent of the earthquake is not known because few people have ventured outside
of the capital to find out the fate of those living in rural areas.
While there has been constant news coverage, much of what I have heard has been
tinged with denigrating remarks towards the Haitian people. I believe we
are witnessing a new wave of racist speech and news coverage that rivals
coverage pre 1960. As the world pours out prayers and sends appeals for
aid to help the survivors and those trapped, Pat Robertson and Rush Limbaugh
have chosen to raise their race baiting hate speech to an all new level.
We know that art can heal, we invite you to write poem of solidarity from your
heart to the people of Haiti to help them in their healing. You may
submit up to two (2) poems with no poem longer than 1,000 words. There
is no fee involved. All poems should be submitted as an attachment in
.doc format to: alovelace_99@yahoo.com
Links to Pat’s and
Rush’s remarks.
TV Evangelist Pat Robertson made some unusual observations about the
Haiti earthquake on his CBN newscast Wednesday, calling the quake a possible
blessing and saying the Haitian people are cursed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Rush Limbaugh on Haiti relief donations: 'We've already donated to Haiti.
It's called the U.S. income tax'
January 15, 2010 | 5:51 pm. http://latimesblogs.
Links to Haiti history and culture.
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/
http://www.travelinghaiti.
Democracy Now!'s complete coverage of the earthquake and of Haiti (dating
back to 1996) is archived here:
http://www.democracynow.org/
http://www.democracynow.org/
Recap:
We know that art can
heal, we invite you to write poem of solidarity from your heart to the people
of Haiti to help them in their healing. Poems may be any length. There
is no fee involved. Deadline February 14, 2010. All poems
should be submitted as an attachment in .doc format to: alovelace_99@yahoo.com
· $200.00 will be donated to the Haiti
relief effort.
· The poem and AN INTERVIEW of one
(winning) writer will be published in the ART CHANGES section of In Motion
Magazine .
· The best poems of the 100 will be
published at In Motion Magazine (http://www.inmotionmagazine.
· And all one hundred poems will be
available for download in a PDF.
PLEASE
SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORK OF WRITERS!