March with the Poets - United for Peace and Justice Protest - January 27 2007

[Marino <marino222 at virgilio.it>]

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Data: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:30:43 +0100
Da: <pilar at fastwebnet.it>

il 27 i poeti americani faranno marce e letture contro la guerra,e noi?poeti o
non "la guerra è il massacro di tanti che non si conoscono a beneficio di pochi
che si conoscono benissimo", e gli stiamo imparando a conoscere bene anche
noi.....chi tace acconsente. Urliamo in versi e non che la guerra è un delitto
contro l'umanità .apaci, pilar

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Oggetto: March with the Poets - United for Peace and Justice Protest - January 27 2007
Da: info at poetsagainstwar.net

Dear Friends:

March with the poets to call for an end to the war in Iraq! We'll be
carrying lines of poetry on signs through the streets of Washington. Join
us! Details and contact information below.

On Saturday, January 27, DC Poets Against the War will host a poets
contingent at the United for Peace and Justice protest. We'll be gathering
on Satuday, January 27th at 10:30 am at Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th Street
NW, Washington, DC (U Street/Cardozo on the Green Line), and heading via
metro together to the protest at around 11 am.  We'll have plenty of signs,
or bring your own if you feel inspired.

That evening, January 27th, from 7-9 pm DC Poets Against the War will host
a reading in the Langston Room at Busboys and Poets with poets Reginald
Dwayne Betts, Sarah Browning, Esther Iverem, Christi Kramer, Mike Maggio,
and more. Join poets from across the country who are speaking out on this
day of protest. Please let us know if we can add you to the list of
readers!  (melissa.dcpaw at gmail.com).

Lobby to end the war! Consider staying over to Monday, January 29, for
United for Peace & Justice's Congressional Advocacy Day. Find out more and
register here: www.unitedforpeace.org/modinput4.php?modin=121

We're still collecting favorite lines of poetry for signs. Please send any
suggestions you have for signs to melissa.dcpaw at gmail.com.

Here's a sampling so far:

"America: Let's exchange gifts�
give us Walt Whitman's beard filled with butterflies.
Take Saddam Hussein
and give us Abraham Lincoln
or give us no one. "  Saadi Youssef, Iraqi poet

"all born in the shadow of bombs/ Shall become bombs"  Rashid Husain

"Friend, the night has slain the moon./ In the mirror of my face you
can find no shelter/ only my country's disfigured face."  Fadwa Tuqan,
Palestinian Poet

"for the poor die twice, defending two countries:/ poverty and their
master's land"  Mamdouh Udwan, Syrian Poet

"beloved stranger! Why did my country become a gateway to hell?" Fadwa
Tuqan

"My son smells of peace when I lean over him./ It isn't just the
soap./Everybody was once the child with the smell of peace."  Yehuda
Amichai, Israeli Poet

"The voice of passion is better than the voice of reason./ The passionless
can not change history."  Czeslaw Milosz

Hope to see you soon!

Melissa Tuckey

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Melissa Tuckey
Events Coordinator
DC Poets Against the War
melissa.dcpaw at gmail.com
www.dcpaw.org