>Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 00:34:26 -0700
>From: Poets Against the War <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Now More Than Ever - May 1st - Day of Poetry Against the War
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><http://poetsagainstthewar.org/> May 1: A Day of Poetry Against the War
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>Now More Than Ever
>Create Antiwar Poetry Readings Worldwide
>
>April 5, 2003
>
>Dear Alison Croggon,
>
>The Bush administration's barrage of bombs and bullets in Iraq is
>mirrored by its barrage of misinformation and doublespeak, a
>language the media too willingly repeats. An assassination attempt
>is termed a "target of opportunity"; murder of civilians is
>"collateral damage"; invasion is "liberation."
>
>Now more than ever, the world needs to hear the voices of poets.
>Poets Against the War is calling for May 1, 2003, to be an
>International Day of Poetry Against the War.
>
>In place of military rhetoric that glosses over human loss, poetry
>offers a way to share our experiences of hope, suffering, and dreams
>of what is possible. Across the globe, the movement against the
>invasion of Iraq is growing by the hour. Even if this war should be
>declared "over," it will not be over. The damage this action has
>caused to freedom of speech in America and to international
>relations cannot be repaired overnight, however much the language of
>the administration assures us to the contrary. And we should not
>neglect this administration's threats against Korea, Iran, Syria,
>and other nations.
>
>Please join us and many thousands of others on May 1st. Join a
>protest. Lend your voice.
>Organize a reading.
>
>On behalf of Poets Against the War,
>
>Sally Anderson, Gray Foster, Nancy Giebink,
>Sam Hamill, Andrew Himes, Nancy Scott, Emily Warn
>
>
><http://poetsagainstthewar.org/store.asp> Pre-order the new Poets
>Against the War
>anthology from The Nation Books.
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><http://poetsagainstthewar.org/createreading.asp> Create a reading
>of Poetry Against the War.
>Read from the new <http://poetsagainstthewar.org/store.asp>PAW
>Anthology to be published by The Nation Books.
>
><http://poetsagainstthewar.org/downloadpoems.asp> Create a
>presentation to a government or organization of 13,000 antiwar
>poems, a roster of 12,000 poets and a showcase of 35 chapbook poems.
>
>
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>Against<http://poetsagainstthewar.org/store.asp> the War."
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Alison Croggon
Editor
Masthead Online
http://au.geocities.com/masthead_2/
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