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 hearkens 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: [email protected] Editors: Amy King & Heidi Lynn Staples ~~ If you care, share -- Urgent Call -- http://poetsforlivingwaters.com/
a short bio, and credits for any previously published submissions to: [email protected] Editors: Amy King & Heidi Lynn Staples ~~ If you care, share -- Urgent Call -- http://poetsforlivingwaters.com/
Posted by: Matthew Stolte | June 02, 2010 at 05:51 PM