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Letters with wings: Write a poetic message to an artist or activist in prison
Deadline: Thu 30 Apr 2020
For Poetry Day Ireland (30 April 2020), in a difficult moment where people all over the world are locked up at home because of the pandemic, we want to bond with artists and activists who are kept in prisons for their art or for practising freedom of speech, or because they are fighting for human rights, by sending them a poetic letter.
“And so, her name at the top left-hand side of the envelope; under it, the address of her prison” - Joseph Andras
In such a world, where few are granted unconditional right of movement, while most are excluded from this privilege or undergo immobilization, we want to invite everyone to write a poetic letter, or a poetic message of few lines, to be sent to artists and activists who are imprisoned by dictatorships at the moment.
We have created a list of names to raise awareness about their lives but also invite you to add to the list by addressing your letter or message to an artist or activist you have in mind.
We don’t wall in our imagination – on the list there are also artists who lost their lives while in prison. Still, we believe poetry will reach them because ‘Letters are winged now’ (Freda Laughton) wherever they are, where we are.
Take a picture of your lines and post it on the Facebook page Letters with Wings
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We will keep posting for 24 hours on Poetry Day Ireland (30th April 2020) and collect messages from all over the world! We will then will try to reach these people in prison and send them our collected messages.
'Letters with wings' is organised by three Northern Ireland-based immigrant poets: Viviana Fiorentino (Italy), Nandi Jola (South Africa) Csilla Toldy (Hungary).
Additional Information:
Location:
International
Region(s):
International
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