Call for submissions: The Poetry of Genocide
Dear friends
The Combat Genocide
Association is pleased to introduce the first anthology of poetry about
genocide. The anthology will include poetry written by survivors, witnesses,
and relatives of genocide victims. We intend to collect about 100 poems from
different genocides. The anthology will be published in several languages and
countries.
We seek your
help in locating poems written during or after these events:
*The genocide
in Bangladesh
*The genocide
in Cambodia
*The genocide
in Bosnia
*The Holocaust
(1941-1945)
*The mass
murder of the Roma (1941-1945)
*The Armenian
genocide (1915-1918)
*The genocide
in Guatemala
*The genocide
in Rwanda
*The genocide
in Biafra (1966-1970)
*The genocide
in Darfur (2003- today)
We, the members of
the Combat Genocide Association, Jews and Arabs, women and men, cry out in pain
for the murdered innocents. Our cry is a protest against the authorities who
did not stop the terror. Our cry is an expression of anguish that a people can
be defined as inferior and then inhuman, until their slaughter is not a crime
but a duty.
We cry out, too, for
the equality of every person, for the fight against evil, for freedom, and for
peace. Our cry is an echo of the cries of those who were there. Our anthology
will educate using their cries, from within the horror, the cries that were
captured in poetry.
“For a poem is not
timeless ... [it] can be a message in a bottle, sent out in the- not always
hopeful- belief that somewhere and sometime it could wash up on land, on
heartland perhaps” – Paul Celan
This anthology
can become a powerful educational tool for students of all ages. Poems should
be sent to the Combat Genocide Association by May 1st, 2014. Where possible,
please include a brief biographical description of the author (up to 200
words).
With thanks for your
assistance
Maya Valentine
Combat Genocide
Association
©2014 Micr
Twitter @HerbertEkweEkwe
Twitter @HerbertEkweEkwe
No comments:
Post a Comment