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The World Poetry Movement seeks to contribute through international poetic actions. We want to construct a more humane world in the twenty-first century, promoting intercultural dialogue, through the fraternal and universal language of poetry. We seek to create a path for a transformation, renewal of consciousness , benefitting all humanity, peacefully reconciled with nature and aware of both cultural diversity and a sense of justice. We strive for social inclusion in the process of cultural development for all the inhabitants on the planet.
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Kalamazoo Poetry Festival 2021
The Kalamazoo Poetry Festival is here this weekend to examine through poetry what’s next for the community and the world. “From the Wreckage” will feature both nationally
Statement by Jack Hirshman, new WPM´s General Coordinator
WPM was founded 8th of July, 2011, by 37 international poetry festival directors from four continents, at the 21st Medellín International Poetry Festival. Our first
Teaching Statement
By Katharine Coles During the last week in June of this year, the US Supreme Court, with its Republican-appointed majority, upheld equality in marriage for
May the spirit of Kenji live on
MIYAZAWA Kenji (1896-1933) was a solitary figure in Japan’s modernist literature. Based in the poor northeast of Japan, far from the capital, he developed his
Poetry and Covid: A Collaborative Project
Poetry and Covid-19 is an international project funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council and led by Anthony Caleshu at the University of Plymouth
Poetry as Contagion: Language is a Virus
By Zoë Skoulding The microscopic coronavirus forces humans to reconsider their existence on a macroscopic level, as collective, as swarm, as massed body. Poetry, like
Breaking News: Love Not Dead
A powerful new anthology depicting how love over the past two-and-a-half millennia has found its expression in the words of the world’s greatest poets. No, Love is Not
Call to participate in the 31st Medellín Poetry Festival
By Steering Committee International Poetry Festival of Medellín The Medellin International Poetry Festival launches an international poetry competition aimed to select 10 poets from around
The Poet and the Reader: Nobel Lecture 2020
Louise Glück When I was a small child of, I think, about five or six, I staged a competition in my head, a contest to
(Un)Infecting the City 2021: Call for Proposals
The Institute for Creative Arts (ICA) announces a call for proposals for the (Un)Infecting the City public arts festival 2021, which will run from March – April 2021. As South Africa grapples with
Parmar and Shihab Nye to judge Ledbury Poetry Prize
The Institute for Creative Arts (ICA) announces a call for proposals for the (Un)Infecting the City public arts festival 2021, which will run from March – April 2021. As South Africa grapples with
Kalamazoo Poetry Festival 2021
The Kalamazoo Poetry Festival is here this weekend to examine through poetry what’s next for the community and the world. “From the Wreckage” will feature both nationally
Tasmanian Poetry Festival 2021
Now in its 37th year, the Tasmanian Poetry Festival 2021 is to be held over two weeks from March 19th – March 28th. Due to
African Festival of Emerging Writers
FESTAE 2021: Tribute to Edouard Glissant Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, we will keep the flame of our literature festival, the African Festival of Emerging Writers
Statement by Jack Hirshman, new WPM´s General Coordinator
WPM was founded 8th of July, 2011, by 37 international poetry festival directors from four continents, at the 21st Medellín International Poetry Festival. Our first
Is This The End Of Translation?
In 399 CE, Faxian — a monk in China’s Jin Dynasty — went on a pilgrimage to the Indian subcontinent to collect Buddhist scriptures. Returning after 13
VI Literary Festival and Book Fair Online Event Set for April
Published on: Stthomassource.com The University of the Virgin Islands’ international journal “The Caribbean Writer,” together with the Virgin Islands Literary Festival and Book Fair (VI
Days of Poetry and Wine
Days of Poetry and Wine, one of the largest and most recognizable international poetry festival in this part of Europe, successfully unites poetry with enology
RONDA Leiria Poetry Festival: 200 guests and 65 hours of programming
The RONDA Leiria Poetry Festival bets on an international edition, which involves more than 40 countries. The event, which will take place between March 12
Nkanyezi Poetry and Music Fest
Online en Facebook LiveSábado, 27 de marzo de 2021 de 05:00 UTC-05 a 10:00 UTC-05Duration: 5 h “Celebrating the birth of Light”27 March 2021. 12h00
StAnza, Scotland’s International Poetry Festival
StAnza’s mission is to celebrate poetry, to bring poetry to audiences and to enable encounters with poetry. The organisation works all year round to deliver
Parole Spalancate -Italy-
The GENOA INTERNATIONAL POETRY FESTIVAL “PAROLE SPALANCATE” (wide open words) has been founded in 1995 and it is the biggest and oldest poetry event in Italy. The
Poesia 21
Date: 21.05.2021 Poesia 21 is a new approach to how we listen and read poetry, poets’ voices in multiple languages will sound equal throughout the
What happens when nothing else can: Poetry and Spirituality
By David wa Maahlamela In terms of bongaka (African divination) and kereke tša semoya (Spirit-type African Initiated Churches), art is the communicative heart of religiosity,
Teaching Statement
By Katharine Coles During the last week in June of this year, the US Supreme Court, with its Republican-appointed majority, upheld equality in marriage for
May the spirit of Kenji live on
MIYAZAWA Kenji (1896-1933) was a solitary figure in Japan’s modernist literature. Based in the poor northeast of Japan, far from the capital, he developed his
Poetry and Covid: A Collaborative Project
Poetry and Covid-19 is an international project funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council and led by Anthony Caleshu at the University of Plymouth
Poetry as Contagion: Language is a Virus
By Zoë Skoulding The microscopic coronavirus forces humans to reconsider their existence on a macroscopic level, as collective, as swarm, as massed body. Poetry, like
Breaking News: Love Not Dead
A powerful new anthology depicting how love over the past two-and-a-half millennia has found its expression in the words of the world’s greatest poets. No, Love is Not
Louder Than A Bomb festival celebrates 21st year
Eloise Marie Valadez, NY Times The voices and ideas of young Chicago area and Region youth will be in the spotlight beginning March 13 during
Call to participate in the 31st Medellín Poetry Festival
By Steering Committee International Poetry Festival of Medellín The Medellin International Poetry Festival launches an international poetry competition aimed to select 10 poets from around
