This is the week for aid and poetry! Three contests announced to bring them together:
- “I am From” Video Poetry Contest from Mercy Corps’ Global Citizen Corps (Win a Flip Camera!)
- Are you a poo-et? Poo Haiku! from DefeatDD.org (Win a t-shirt and bragging rights!)
- A Haiku Contest about poverty via the Irish Haiku Society sponsored by Dóchas, The Network of Irish Non-Governmental Organizations (Cash prizes for Irish Nationals only.)
- And a fourth! (added October 20th) from Trócaire/Poetry Ireland, Imagining a just and free world?
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Here’s a couple of haiku by yours truly, though not about poo, nor poverty.
Monday Morning Haiku
river escapes down
across the bridge and joins
the other lost tears
G Haiku
You believe in me,
Especially when I don’t
And you always have.
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For lovers of Rumi, tomorrow check out One Through Love: a visual experiment presenting the poetry and teachings of the 13th century Persian mystical poet, ALIVE with imagery, music, poetry and insightful commentaries from some of the world’s foremost Rumi scholars, teachers, musicians, Shaikhs, artists and dervishes from Turkey, Egypt, Europe and the US. Join the conversation at 12:00 noon Pacific Time (20:00 GMT) on Saturday, October 15th streaming online for free and simultaneously via cinema and television on LinkTV.
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