[Newspoetry] (NEWS)Poets Against the War

[Robert Porter]

The saga of Laura Bush's poetry symposium continues.  Although the White 
House gig has been cancelled, Sam Hamill is calling for Feb. 12 to be a 
day of poetry against the war. Poets all over the country are encouraged 
to stage public readings on that day of poetry related to the imminent  
invasion of Iraq.  Are any Champaign-Urbana poets, News or otherwise, 
interested in doing something like this?  If so, I can find out if the IMC 
can provide a venue for us.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/31/politics/31POET.html

There is also a website now where antiwar poems can be submitted.  I know 
a few newspoets have already sent things in, but there's room for more.

http://www.poetsagainstthewar.org/

 From the Website:

"January 31, 2003. 4 A week ago Sam Hamill sent an open letter to a few 
friends. Word has spread like wildfire from mailbox to mailbox, and to 
date almost 3,000 poets have submitted poems or personal statements to 
register their opposition to the Bush administration's headlong plunge 
toward war in Iraq. In doing so, they have honored a long and rich 
tradition of thoughtful and moral opposition by poets and other artists to 
senseless and murderous policies, including those of our own government."