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Interview: Poetry, Social Voices and Justice
With the conviction that poetry gives a voice to ordinary people to be heard and that it is a ‘very powerful conflict resolution tool’, Grace E. Reed from Portland, USA, talks to Niki Gee from Chicago, the host of the radio show ‘The Pansophy Project’. Reed features as the inaugural guest on the radio show and talks about her work with teenagers from troubled background. Listen to Interview
John Kinsella Withdraws from the TS Eliot Prize
Based on the anti-capitalist sentiment, Australian poet John Kinsella expresses his disappointment at the prestigious TS Eliot prize being sponsored by an investment company…Read more
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Social Justice, Activism and Poetry
Palestine Activism by Theresa Wolfwood
 The message is the right of Palestinians to live a decent life, without charity, but with international support to create a viable Palestinian state; with the dignity of a fair exchange and an opportunity for Palestinians to live productively on their ancestral lands. Read Theresa’s Poetry on Palestine
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Occupy
When I think of Occupy I think of filling in something, a void, with interest. I have been involved with the Occupy Portland movement since it started in Oct. I had/have the good fortune of broadcasting on a local community radio station… Read more
Inspiration
For as long as we are ‘alive’ to life, or more significantly, that we are open to having an honest exchange with whatever we find right in front of us, the force of inspiration will forever transform our world… Read more
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Videos
Poetry Recitation Video of Javed Akhtar in Urdu and English
Who is Javed Akhtar? For urban Indians and many Pakistanis, Akhtar needs no introduction. He represents seven generations of poets in his family, and is a well known script and song writer in the Indian film industry. An Urdu poet, Akhtar not only embodies the poetic richness of the language, but also a wisdom… Watch Video |
Poetry Projects
The Pansophy Project
“It is my goal to expose myself and my listeners to poetry, music and art in all its forms. To connect with my brothers and sisters around this earth and experience art in all its forms. Will I sometimes disagree?” Read more
Latest Poetry
Myriad Emotions
As i look at you, your deformed body
I feel myriad emotions
pity for a moment
a desire to help in another
a sudden realization
then enters me
you are more powerul…
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Needy Minds
I need to free my mind from me
So that perfection will delay swallowing me
That the spark that was lit that night they rolled in their
bed in passion that defined me… Read more
We Are the Canaries
We are the canaries
in the mine shaft
of daily fear
of a suffocating end
that we, the world,
even unto the smallest fly,
will die snuffed by poison… Read more
Planted in the Earth
I too have been planted
In soil soft enough
To embrace me in its fold
Thick enough to hold me
As I grow into the light
Out of this
Dark Earth…
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The Hibakusha’s pain and grief
The past ridicules her…
The future frightens her…
Despite all this, the hibakusha continues to cry for peace,
With wrinkled hands, she prays for violence to cease…
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Foot Soldiers
With two left feet and two right moves,
I spell I love you.
Our velvet eyes glued…
We knew our final day was due,
A troop of vegetative lives… Read more
Don’t Pick up the Pen
Why should I
Pick up this pen today,
And write-
Fight
For injustice,
Only to realise
It has been few words… Read more
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Poetry
There is poetry in the dancing footsteps of children,
There is poetry in the sounds of the wind
Poetry in the rhythm of the heart,
Poetry in the mingling emotions.
With poetry springing within,
Today,
Where would you hide?
© 2011. Sumeet Grover.
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The Global Poetry Wall
When writing poetry, there are no walls. It’s like being consumed by winter sunshine and beginning to walk, and within an instant, becoming the protagonist of a drama that just began.
Poetry liberates. Poetry unites. Yet poetry reveals: What makes us human? What makes us alive? And what makes us seek a deeper source, which will calm down the storm of the heart as if putting a crying child to deep sleep?
Come, post your poetry on this wall! Post Poetry | Read More… |
Social Change
Unstoppable,
Like the loyal Moon-
Standing
Beneath its silver glory,
Taking the Stage,
Now sing every ounce,
Till eventually the audience stand!
Ready to post your poetry for social change? Ready to send out waves in the world? Poetry for Social Change | Read More… |
Global Citizenship
To the traveller of the desert,
Clad in colourful clothes-
Your skin
Squeezed red
By the burning sun-
You may fall
Any time…
With water,
Disappeared in the Sun’s fury,
May I offer
My last glass to you,
For I,
Can still stand!
© 2011. Sumeet Grover. |
Negotiating Shadows: Journey to the Sun