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	<description>Creativity. Dignity. Dialogue. Global Citizenship.</description>
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		<title>In Kudankalum under the banyan tree: Aswath Vriksha</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/05/08/in-kudankalum-under-the-banyan-tree-aswath-vriksha/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/05/08/in-kudankalum-under-the-banyan-tree-aswath-vriksha/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 17:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Theresa Wolfwood</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Koodankulam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant Protests]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A poem for the women of Kudankalum village &#8220;I am Banyan, tree among trees&#8221; &#8211; Bhagavad Gita Eyes of the world briefly flutter on this village a patch of baked mud around a solitary Banyan tree this earth has bloomed &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/05/08/in-kudankalum-under-the-banyan-tree-aswath-vriksha/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Poetry on Staines High Street (UK)</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/05/05/poetry-on-staines-high-street-uk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/05/05/poetry-on-staines-high-street-uk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 16:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editorial Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry In Our Towns (Global Showcase)]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Leona Medlin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry on High Streets]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Richard Price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Staines UK]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As one walks on the Staines High Street in Surrey County (England, UK), David Annad&#8217;s sculpture Roll Out The Lino stands with an array of shops running in parallel sides of the street. One notices this wide sculpture with two men holding a &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/05/05/poetry-on-staines-high-street-uk/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An Interview With Javed Akhtar: Talking About Tarkash, Lava, and More</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/05/03/an-interview-with-javed-akhtar-talking-about-tarkash-lava-and-more/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/05/03/an-interview-with-javed-akhtar-talking-about-tarkash-lava-and-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 18:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editorial Team</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Javed Akhtar]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Javed Akhtar Poetry Recitation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lava by Javed Akhtar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urdu poetry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;We should have risen at the crack of dawn, But we slept on, engulfed in pleasant dreams.&#8221; [1] What is the taste and aroma of poetry, when it has been left to brew for fifteen years? How big is the &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/05/03/an-interview-with-javed-akhtar-talking-about-tarkash-lava-and-more/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Cairo&#8217; &#8211; Poetry Recitation by Yahia Lababidi</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/04/27/cairo-poetry-recitation-by-yahia-lababidi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/04/27/cairo-poetry-recitation-by-yahia-lababidi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editorial Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Entangled between the past and present, future seems to be a hard step ahead when the beauty-wrapped face of past is hard to forget. There are still many unspoken moments of resentment and despair that sometimes drive our efforts to &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/04/27/cairo-poetry-recitation-by-yahia-lababidi/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Elections Long Over in Koodankulam</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/04/15/elections-long-over-in-koodankulam/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/04/15/elections-long-over-in-koodankulam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 14:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sumeet Grover</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[anti-corruption]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant Protests]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get off your Ambassadors And Tata-truck podiums- Elections have long gone And your lies well sold To ordinary people who regard cotton sarees, big red bindi&#8217;s, khadi kurtas, worn-off blue slippers and marigold flower garlands As symbols of the saviours- &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/04/15/elections-long-over-in-koodankulam/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rang de Basanti (Colour My Saffron / रंग दे बसंती)</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/04/08/rang-de-basanti-colour-my-saffron-%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%82%e0%a4%97-%e0%a4%a6%e0%a5%87-%e0%a4%ac%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%82%e0%a4%a4%e0%a5%80/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 19:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sumeet Grover</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalpoetry.net/?p=798</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rang de basanti- Colour my saffron, A phrase embodying Bhagat Singh- The &#8220;terrorist&#8221; who fought oppression, Who wanted to bomb the authoritarians, They, not he, were the oppressors, Yet he, not they, was the &#8220;terrorist&#8221; Come, once again, Let&#8217;s colour &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/04/08/rang-de-basanti-colour-my-saffron-%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%82%e0%a4%97-%e0%a4%a6%e0%a5%87-%e0%a4%ac%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%82%e0%a4%a4%e0%a5%80/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Prayer by Indians &#8211; S P Udayakumar</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/04/07/a-prayer-by-indians-s-p-udayakumar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/04/07/a-prayer-by-indians-s-p-udayakumar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 11:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editorial Team</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalpoetry.net/?p=792</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[S P Udayakumar has been leading nonviolent, peaceful protests by thousands of villagers around Koodankulam in South India, asking for transparency and re-thinking of the commissioning of a nuclear power plant that poses risk to thousands of poor, unprivileged villagers &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/04/07/a-prayer-by-indians-s-p-udayakumar/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An Awakening</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/03/18/an-awakening/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/03/18/an-awakening/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 11:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Hunte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And after the long Silent tale of night – Birdsong, Signalling a new day. A rising dawn leans forward Gifts Its wide-eyed smile Urging you To step up Embrace your vow: Today Is my day To live As if there &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/03/18/an-awakening/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2012 &#8211; Entries Open</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/03/17/foyles-young-poets-of-the-year-award-2012-entries-open/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/03/17/foyles-young-poets-of-the-year-award-2012-entries-open/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 14:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editorial Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2012 is now open for entries. Entries for the award are open to poets aged 11-17 years; it is &#8220;recognised as a career-changing competition of cultural significance nationally and internationally, with previous winners &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/03/17/foyles-young-poets-of-the-year-award-2012-entries-open/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Eminent Indian Poet Javed Akhtar&#8217;s Second Book &#8216;Lava&#8217; Released</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/03/17/eminent-indian-poet-javed-akhtars-second-book-lava-released/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/03/17/eminent-indian-poet-javed-akhtars-second-book-lava-released/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 14:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editorial Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whilst his lyrics have adorned some of the best-selling Indian songs across decades, and his scripts have formed the backbone of numerous box-office hit movies, it was after a pause of 14 years that Javed Akhtar, the eminent Indian poet &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/03/17/eminent-indian-poet-javed-akhtars-second-book-lava-released/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Poetic Protest against Rising Tuition Fees at Cambridge University</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/03/16/poetic-protest-against-rising-tuition-fees-at-cambridge-university/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/03/16/poetic-protest-against-rising-tuition-fees-at-cambridge-university/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editorial Team</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalpoetry.net/?p=736</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For Cambridge University student Owen Holland, the act of leading a poetry recitation (in November 2011), resisting the much controversial increase of tuition fees at universities in England and Wales has costed him two-and-a-half years of suspension. Holland read out &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/03/16/poetic-protest-against-rising-tuition-fees-at-cambridge-university/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Unlocking Determination</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/03/02/determination/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Hunte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What it means to unlock the power of determination and how, by understanding its source, we can ultimately awaken to a deeper sense of mission and responsibility.  As one year gives way to the next, the plan to transform and &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/03/02/determination/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Invisible Borders</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/02/25/invisible-borders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 23:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sumeet Grover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How can I forget the words we have exchanged? How can I forget- In you there is a pure light of humanism shining forth. How can I forget the timeless wisdom that pours out through you- As you seek the &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/02/25/invisible-borders/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Making of an Eagle</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/02/19/the-making-of-an-eagle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace E. Reed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; A large box with gold wrapping and a big beautiful satin red ribbon was sitting in the middle of the room. The woman opened it and on the top flap of the brown box she read the words, “Some &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/02/19/the-making-of-an-eagle/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Negotiating Shadows (update)</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/02/18/negotiating-shadows-update/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/02/18/negotiating-shadows-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace E. Reed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A quote from AA which states. &#8220;and great events will come to past for you and countless others&#8212;&#8221;which encourages members to trust in the ongoing process of transformation in recovery from that &#8216;hopeless state of body and mind&#8217; and predicts &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/02/18/negotiating-shadows-update/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>More</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/02/18/more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace E. Reed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wonder what it is about me that I am always seeking more. More of everything. Am I selfish or curious? Am I hardwired to seek more? If so what more should I be seeking? As an ex-addict I could &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/02/18/more/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kathleen Flenniken named Washington state&#8217;s poet laureate</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/02/10/kathleen-flenniken-named-washington-states-poet-laureate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/02/10/kathleen-flenniken-named-washington-states-poet-laureate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editorial Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kathleen Flenniken, the author of &#8216;Famous&#8217;, has become the second poet laureate of the Washington state, United States, after suceeding Samuel Green. A Seattle resident, she is also the president of the Floating Bridge Press. For a poet laureate who &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/02/10/kathleen-flenniken-named-washington-states-poet-laureate/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mediating Occupy</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/01/26/mediating-occupy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace E. Reed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mediating Occupy by Grace Eagle Reed (Jan. 22, 2012) Mediation in its best form found its glory every day at 7pm in Occupy (Portland, Oregon) as the voiceless (99%) got together, mediated, negotiated, their next move, their next plan as &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/01/26/mediating-occupy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Writing and Theatre Group &#8211; Portland, Oregon (United States of America)</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/01/17/writing-and-theatre-group-portland-oregon-united-states-of-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:18:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editorial Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An intense writing and theatre group will start to be organised in Portland, Oregon that will focus on social justice issues, will be assisting the Occupy activity, addressing homelessness, poverty, at-risk youth etc. The body of work that comes from &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/01/17/writing-and-theatre-group-portland-oregon-united-states-of-america/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>John Burnside wins the TS Eliot Poetry Prize</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/01/17/john-burnside-wins-the-ts-eliot-poetry-prize/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editorial Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scottish poet John Burnside has won the distinguished TS Eliot Poetry Prize for 2012, for his 11th book Black Cat Bone. When asked about his views on an investment company funding the prize, Burnside expressed to have no reservations about &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/01/17/john-burnside-wins-the-ts-eliot-poetry-prize/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Indian Telescope</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/01/12/the-indian-telescope/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sumeet Grover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Come, let&#8217;s watch the skies, On this giant telescope Let&#8217;s see How beautiful the stars, the moon the planets, the jupiter ring look like Let&#8217;s watch the universe As another undiscovered phenomena Another undiscovered story unfolds, Today, tomorrow and forever, &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/01/12/the-indian-telescope/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rising Youth Unemployment: Calling for a British Spring</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/01/10/rising-youth-unemployment-calling-for-a-british-spring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sumeet Grover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been much debate, discussion and research about immigration in the UK and its impact on British people who in turn struggle to find work since most of the available jobs are taken up by immigrants. A recent report &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/01/10/rising-youth-unemployment-calling-for-a-british-spring/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Negotiating Shadows: Journey to the Sun by Grace E. Reed</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/01/07/negotiating-shadows-journey-to-the-sun-by-grace-e-reed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/01/07/negotiating-shadows-journey-to-the-sun-by-grace-e-reed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editorial Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Negotiating Shadows: Journey to the Sun by Grace E. Reed The book follows a young woman as she negotiates her painful past from abuse and addiction on the way to recovery. The journey starts with the social conditions of the &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/01/07/negotiating-shadows-journey-to-the-sun-by-grace-e-reed/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-Corruption Poem for India &#8211; इतना क्यूँ सोते हैं हम? (Hindi) Video</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/01/07/anti-corruption-poem-for-india-%e0%a4%87%e0%a4%a4%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%be-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%af%e0%a5%82%e0%a4%81-%e0%a4%b8%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%a4%e0%a5%87-%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%88%e0%a4%82-%e0%a4%b9%e0%a4%ae/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editorial Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[इतना क्यूँ सोते हैं हम? (Why have we [as a nation] slept so much?) Adding a new wave of energy to Anna Hazare&#8217;s (अन्ना हजारे) anti-corruption non-violent protests in India, which have gathered large scale attention and support across the &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2012/01/07/anti-corruption-poem-for-india-%e0%a4%87%e0%a4%a4%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%be-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%af%e0%a5%82%e0%a4%81-%e0%a4%b8%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%a4%e0%a5%87-%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%88%e0%a4%82-%e0%a4%b9%e0%a4%ae/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Living On The Surface</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/12/29/living-on-the-surface/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sumeet Grover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We spend All our lives on surface, Wondering why &#8216;The other&#8217; Is so distorted looking, So painfully unbearable, Or even, &#8216;The other&#8217; Is so much fulfilling, And may be, &#8216;The other&#8217; Is like no other, So strange and incomprehensible. We &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/12/29/living-on-the-surface/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Red Kettle and the Bell</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/12/21/the-red-kettle-and-the-bell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace E. Reed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I was out roaming downtown Portland enjoying the holiday busyness, the lights, the smells of pumpkin spice, the eggnog latttes, the people rushing around trying to buy stuff for people they like or perhaps love. Then there were the &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/12/21/the-red-kettle-and-the-bell/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Christ Mass</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/12/17/the-christ-mass/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 20:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace E. Reed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time there was a Christ that got born, did really cool stuff, got Himself hung for doing so and, over time, created a world wide movement called &#8216;Christmas&#8217;. The priest of old oppressed the pagan people and &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/12/17/the-christ-mass/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Poetry, Social Voices and Justice: An Interview with Grace E. Reed</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/12/17/poetry-social-voices-and-justice-an-interview-with-grace-e-reed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 09:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editorial Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the conviction that poetry gives a voice to ordinary people to be heard and that it is a &#8216;very powerful conflict resolution tool&#8217;, writer and activist Grace E. Reed from Portland, USA, talks to Niki Gee from Chicago, the &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/12/17/poetry-social-voices-and-justice-an-interview-with-grace-e-reed/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sumeet Grover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tinsel around the house And the fireplace is warm The bells on the doorway Christmas tree Ring As the snow storm goes wild The children in the house too, Go wild, Impatient to open the presents- So do the grown-ups &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/12/16/christmas/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chasing Doves</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/12/12/chasing-doves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 05:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace E. Reed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The little one legged pidgin, known by some as the city&#8217;s peace dove, was hobbling along coming toward me as I was reaching into the bread sack on my scooter ready to feed her. Out of the blue came this &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/12/12/chasing-doves/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Pansophy Project</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/12/09/the-pansophy-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editorial Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE PANSOPHY PROJECT by Niki Gee Pansophy (n) Universal wisdom or knowledge Fridays 2p-4p CST on windycityunderground.com The Pansophy Project is the brainchild of Nikkel Avise Goss or Niki Gee. Being an admirer and lover of poetry and spoken word &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/12/09/the-pansophy-project/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>John Kinsella Withdraws from the TS Eliot Prize</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/12/09/john-kinsella-withdraws-from-the-ts-eliot-prize/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editorial Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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, Aurum Funds by withdrawing from the prize. Kinsella is now the second one to withdraw from &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/12/09/john-kinsella-withdraws-from-the-ts-eliot-prize/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Alice Oswald Withdraws from TS Eliot Prize</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/12/06/alice-oswald-withdraws-from-ts-eliot-prize/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/12/06/alice-oswald-withdraws-from-ts-eliot-prize/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editorial Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the possibility of a second recession continues in the UK, and investment bankers including bank bosses left no opportunity in the recent years to bag bonuses whilst people lost jobs and education became unaffordable, British poet Alice Oswald decides &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/12/06/alice-oswald-withdraws-from-ts-eliot-prize/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Legacy</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/24/legacy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:27:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hemani Jayaswal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A young man remarked On the futility of life Reduced in the end to nothing But dust and bones He poigantly cried out What then Is the point Of running all life With a little smile on My lips and &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/24/legacy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Meeting &#8211; Mothers Against Pepper Spray (MAPS) &#8211; Portland, Oregon (USA)</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/21/meeting-mothers-against-pepper-spray-maps-portland-oregon-usa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editorial Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MAPS is gathering interest in Portland, Oregon. Mothers/grandmothers are meeting on Fri. Nov. 25th to strategize letter writing and civic expression march schedule. They will sing, drum, chant poetry, dance and walk on behalf of their Occupy youth who are in peaceful protest addressing &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/21/meeting-mothers-against-pepper-spray-maps-portland-oregon-usa/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mom is it OK?</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/21/mom-is-it-ok/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:08:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace E. Reed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[He thought, &#8220;Mom is it OK?&#8221; He said out loud in front of the mirrow, &#8220;I need to go to work today, I want to make a difference, I want to do a good job.&#8221; He drove to work He put &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/21/mom-is-it-ok/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mothers Against Pepper Spray (MAPS)</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/21/mothers-against-pepper-spray-maps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace E. Reed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When did it get to be ok to pepper spray a line of university students in a peaceful sit down protest right in the face and mouth?   Occupy is a dynamic movement for social change whose time is overdue. &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/21/mothers-against-pepper-spray-maps/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Javed Akhtar &#8211; Waqt (Time) &#8211; Poetry Recitation in Urdu and English</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/20/javed-akhtar-waqt-time-poetry-recitation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 12:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editorial Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is time? Where did it come from? Where did it disappear? Poetry and philosophy are inseparable. A poet dives down into the sea of human life and brings out some of the most undiscovered gems humankind has discovered. Who &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/20/javed-akhtar-waqt-time-poetry-recitation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Change: An Inner Transformation Leading to Human Triumph &#8211; by Sumeet Grover</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/20/change-an-inner-transformation-leading-to-human-triumph-by-sumeet-grover/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editorial Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Change: An Inner Transformation Leading to Human Triumph. Sumeet Grover (2011) Antony Rowe Publishing. ISBN 9781907571145. Change sets on a journey to nurture the human heart and discover the incredible strength that lies within, which in turn leads to the &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/20/change-an-inner-transformation-leading-to-human-triumph-by-sumeet-grover/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Needs &#8211; by Grace E. Reed</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/20/needs-by-grace-e-reed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editorial Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Needs. Grace E. Reed (2009) Aardvark Global Publishing. ISBN 978‐1‐4276‐4477‐0. Needs was written after a two‐year exposure and research with homeless and addicted at‐risk youth in juvenile justice. These poems and short stories reflect their life experiences. The youth who &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/20/needs-by-grace-e-reed/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>MAPS</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/19/maps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace E. Reed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I stood there on the sidewalk looking at the University Occupy protesters coming my way They were marching and chanting &#8216;We are the 99%!&#8221; There were at least 300 of them, youth from PSU downtown Portland Youth, active, rosy cheeked &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/19/maps/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Occupy</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/18/occupy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace E. Reed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/18/occupy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hearts</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/17/palestine-poetry-hearts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Theresa Wolfwood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[you enter my land break it with your cruel machines I watch you bring more soldiers to guard your destruction trucks arrive disgorge relentless blocks of concrete align them like stones in a cemetery you add your garden of razor &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/17/palestine-poetry-hearts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Oh Palestine</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/17/oh-palestine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Theresa Wolfwood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[everywhere the pale whispers of olive blossoms bulldozers gash the innocent earth puffs of warm bread and snowy yogurt cruel coils of razor wire obstruct endless glasses of mint tea dragon breath of tear gas dark sweetness of cool dates &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/17/oh-palestine/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>We are still here</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/17/palestine-we-are-still-here/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Theresa Wolfwood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night we went to the seashore My father carried my little brother He cries a lot and hardly moves. Mother held the baby My older brother and I carried blankets They aren’t heavy, we only have a few. Nights &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/17/palestine-we-are-still-here/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An Afternoon in March</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/17/an-afternoon-in-march/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Theresa Wolfwood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[put away the banners stack up the placards the demonstration is over a few hundred hardy souls clumped under umbrellas it always rains in March weary and dejected we cleave to friends and home we dry out our socks and &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/17/an-afternoon-in-march/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Needy Minds</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/17/needy-minds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace E. Reed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 This sixty-five years later in my mind &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/17/needy-minds/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>We Are the Canaries</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/16/371/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Theresa Wolfwood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 emanating from crazed leaders from profit mad media moguls from the &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/16/371/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blue Passport in a Foreign Land</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/16/blue-passport-in-a-foreign-land/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sumeet Grover</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Global Citizenship]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Landed on the land of snow, A coloured man- One from a billion, Red gem in the white landscape. Why are they so Insecure? &#8220;What brings you here? What would be your four-day postcode?&#8221; Is what greets me. I was &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/16/blue-passport-in-a-foreign-land/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Never Pick up the Pen</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/16/never-pick-up-the-pen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sumeet Grover</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even if it means Solely to hush The storm of the heart Before a dark night- Today, and Tomorrow, Now I will Never pick up the pen.]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Pick up the Pen: Today and Tomorrow</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/16/dont-pick-up-the-pen-today-and-tomorrow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sumeet Grover</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why should I Pick up this pen today, And write- Fight For injustice, Only to realise It has been few words, Few thoughts, Few beliefs And few sheets This pen Has endured many years, Many struggles- Ones which bear fruit &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/16/dont-pick-up-the-pen-today-and-tomorrow/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Myriad Emotions</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/14/myriad-emotions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 05:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hemani Jayaswal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 than i am you have the power of &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/14/myriad-emotions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Foot Soldiers</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/13/footsoldiers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 14:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Hunte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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, Yielded along a trench Fatally awaiting bloom. In beatitude My tails &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/13/footsoldiers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Planted in the Earth</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/11/planted-in-the-earth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aya Rice</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thin saplings Once Someone planted you In the Earth To shade Future wanderers. 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 &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/11/planted-in-the-earth/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Push Open the Window: A road between East and West</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/06/push-open-the-window-a-road-between-east-to-west/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/06/push-open-the-window-a-road-between-east-to-west/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editorial Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Chinese nation increasingly rises on the world stage as an economic power with the ongoing fears related to Eurozone crisis and national sovereign debt in the West, where is the road that connects over a billion Chinese people &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/11/06/push-open-the-window-a-road-between-east-to-west/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>London Riots &#8211; Your Voice</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/10/30/london-riots-your-voice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 12:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editorial Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The August 2011 London riots surprised the British nation as hundreds of young people took on to the streets. Whilst the public debate mostly focussed upon how these events sabotaged the capital and caused destruction, where are stories of those &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/10/30/london-riots-your-voice/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Inspiring Inspiration</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/10/27/inspiration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Hunte</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalpoetry.net/?p=260</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How connecting with our immediate environment can draw forth inspiration and what we can learn from being in the here and now. For as long as we are alive to life, or more significantly, that we are open to having &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/10/27/inspiration/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Concrete Poetry &#8211; 5th October 2011 to 10th December 2011 (London, United Kingdom)</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/10/21/london-concrete-poetry-5th-october-2011-to-10th-december-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/10/21/london-concrete-poetry-5th-october-2011-to-10th-december-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editorial Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are sounds in poetry when it&#8217;s recited or read, but here&#8217;s an exhibition that combines visual arts to accentuate meaning of the poetic words. Venue: Hayward Gallery, London South Bank Centre Dates: 05 October 2011 to 10 December 2011 &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/10/21/london-concrete-poetry-5th-october-2011-to-10th-december-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Hibakusha&#8217;s pain and grief</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/10/21/the-hibakushas-pain-and-grief/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rumana Mehdi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The past ridicules her, Reminds her how much she had to suffer, The future frightens her, Reminds her how much more she has to suffer,   The atomic flash destroyed her life, Left her all alone to deal with pain &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/10/21/the-hibakushas-pain-and-grief/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sunshine in my heart</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/10/09/sunshine-in-my-heart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 16:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hemani Jayaswal</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalpoetry.net/?p=197</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When the sun shines All darkness disappears It takes only me To light this world This is the spirit Of my mentor]]></description>
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		<title>Himalayas</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/10/09/himalayas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 13:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hemani Jayaswal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Kanchenjunga standing tall A symbol of My mission in life Lofty goals And an untainted spirit. © 2011. Hemani Jayaswal.]]></description>
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		<title>History</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/10/09/history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 13:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hemani Jayaswal</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalpoetry.net/?p=191</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The moment has come Together let&#8217;s achieve History is more than textbooks It needs to be created. © 2011. Hemani Jayaswal.]]></description>
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		<title>Poverty</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/10/08/poverty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editorial Team</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalpoetry.net/?p=145</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For centuries, human beings have sought the truth. Whether it be in the form of religion or philosophy, through dialogue, arts or nomadism, we have looked and continue to look for answers. What is Poverty? Is it simply the lack &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/10/08/poverty/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gender Equality for Women</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/10/08/gender-equality-for-women/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editorial Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Research in the Social Sciences has shown that human behaviour is learned. As much as it might surprise us, it is indeed true. Psychoanalysis would attest to this &#8211; i.e., how the model of beliefs and disbeliefs is developed in &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/10/08/gender-equality-for-women/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bullying</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/10/08/bullying/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editorial Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every child has the right to be loved, to grow, to play, to smile, to laugh and to bring out their inherent incredible potential. What stops them? What stops the victims of bullying? How much damage does bullying push down &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/10/08/bullying/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Experiences of Refugees</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/10/08/experiences-of-refugees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editorial Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all belong to a land. The land where we grew up on. The land that we first smelled. The land that we smelled again and again and ran around as innocent kids. Although the world is divided into nations, &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/10/08/experiences-of-refugees/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kashmir Conflict</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/10/08/kashmir-conflict/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The violent conflict in Kashmir has been going on for decades. Thousands of Kashmiri&#8217;s have been displaced from their beloved State whilst numerous unknown killed, and innocent women sexually abused. If you have written Poetry about the conflict in Kashmir, &#8230; <a href="http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/10/08/kashmir-conflict/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Arab Spring</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpoetry.net/blog/2011/10/08/the-arab-spring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you been a part of the Arab Spring or have written some Poetry about it? Please feel free to post it below.]]></description>
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