Submit! Poets for Living Waters

Call for work: Gulf Coast Poems


from their website:

Poets for Living Waters is a poetry action in response to the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico begun on April 20, 2010, one of the most profound human-made ecological catastrophes in history.

The first law of ecology states that everything is connected to everything else. An appreciation of this systemic connectivity suggests a wide range of poetry will offer a meaningful response to the current crisis, including work that harkens back to Hurricane Katrina and the ongoing regional effects.

Please submit 1-3 poems, a short bio, and credits for any previously published submissions to:
poetsforlivingwaters@yahoo.com

The website features a poem by June Jordan: "Poem for Nana."

excerpt:

What will we do
when there is nobody left
to kill?
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40,000 gallons of oil gushing into
the ocean
But I
sit on top this mountainside above
the Pacific
checking out the flowers
the California poppies orange
as I meet myself in heat
I’m wondering
where’s the Indians?

all this filmstrip territory
all this cowboy sagaland:
not
a single Indian
in sight

40,000 gallons gushing up poison
from the deepest seabeds
every hour

40,000 gallons
while
experts international
while
new pollutants
swallow the unfathomable
still:

no Indians

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To read the rest of Jordan's poem and to check out the others, click here.


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