I agree. Vacuum knows what they'd do with me.
I find it quite unacceptable he can't say what he has said; but no
one listens to me. Perhaps this may help.
I get lots of these petition proposals. Perhaps we all do. You
certainly get them when you sign one. One has to pick. It's worth the
time it takes, I think
Glad of your welcome. I hope others agree
L
----- Original Message -----
From: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics"
To:
Cc:
Sent:Sun, 20 Jan 2013 08:29:31 +1100
Subject:Re: POETS MUST HELP POETS! In ten days Mohammed Al Ajami will
appeal the verdict
Done, Lawrence. Seems absolutely unacceptable behaviour.
Bill
On 20/01/2013, at 5:15 AM, Lawrence Upton wrote:
> Dear Friends,
> POETS MUST HELP POETS!
>
> Please join Alice Walker, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Michael McClure,
Sam
> Hamill, Philip Levine, Naomi Shihab Nye, Carolyn Forch?, Jerome
> Rothenberg, Pina Piccolo, Jack Hirschman, Sarah Browning, Ron
> Silliman, PEN America Center, Michael Rothenberg and Terri Carrion
> co-founders of 100 Thousand Poets for Change, Rootsaction.org,
Split
> This Rock, Code Pink, and many more of our dear friends in this
> important campaign to free the Qatari poet Mohamed Ibn Al Ajami who
> has been sentenced to life in prison for reciting a poem extolling
> the
> courage and values of the popular uprisings in Tunisia.
>
> So far over 12,000 people have signed this petition, generating
over
> 60,000 letters to the Qatar embassy requesting the release of
Qatari
> poet Mohamed Ibn Al Ajami In ten days Mohamed Al Ajami will appeal
> the verdict. Please sign this petition and send a letter to Qatar
and
> let the government there know that Mohamed Al Ajami should be
> released.
>
> POETS MUST HELP POETS!
>
> We can do this!
>
>
http://act.rootsaction.org/o/6503/t/0/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=136398
>
> Thanks for your support.
>
> Michael Rothenberg and Terri Carrion
> 100 Thousand Poets for Change
>
>
>
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