Wonderful to work with this team (with one facilitator absent) to mentor young poets from Equador, El Salvador, Argentina, Parugay, Argentina, Colombia, USA, Canada, Spain, UK, Bahrian,Tanzania, Cambodia, Kenya, Zambia, Beijing and Israel.
My heart soars with the hopeful message, diversity, questioning, open hearts of the young poets we listened to.
Poets Arising
For Young Writers
2pm in my afternoon
late evening, early morning in theirs
young poets gathering
screen by screen
microphone by microphone
heart by heart.
They share their
thoughts and dreams
with facilitators who listen
beat by beat
metaphor by metaphor
rhyme by rhyme.
Witness words
discourse words
meditating syllables
voice by voice
asking, nurturing, empowering.
Making us laugh
feel the warmth of a summer’s day
walk in gardens with hidden meanings
listen and see all the creatures of the ocean.
Blessed, grateful, imploring
poets writing, speaking, thinking . . .
Each phrase unique
yet, emotions universal.
Each current experience reconnecting
world’s disconnection.
Symphonic souls
note by note
image by image
post by post
embracing the world
celebrating the world
loving to be heard
through zoom portals.
Arising to the call of poetry
drawing on the love of
Hafiz, Tahirih
Baha’u’llah
becoming like these heroes
poetry portals
composing
words immortal.
By June Perkins
7/07/2020
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A poem for a poets gathering
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