I've received some wonderful work from North Shore poets this week, for the Guerilla Poetry event.
Keep it coming!
As it's a busy season, I've decided I'll accept work throughout the holidays. So don't feel you can't send something after 1st Dec.
The first, and largest, posting of poems will happen on 16th December, but any work submitted after that will be displayed. I'll try to put poems up on a weekly basis.
Don't forget, the poem doesn't have to be written about or in Devonport, but should be appropriate to the location.
Check blog posts below for ideas for themes - they might remind you of something you have in your back catalogue that would be perfect to send in, or that with a little tweaking would be ideal.
Showing posts with label public poetry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label public poetry. Show all posts
Monday, November 28, 2011
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Poems for Gorillaz
Well, I feel like I'm just writing for myself, and maybe I am! But never mind, because I am a guerilla and guerilla poetry in Devonport will happen with one or a hundred guerillas.
What I have mainly learnt in life is that if you don't do it, no one else will. And if you do do it, perhaps no one else will, but at least you will have done it!
Hence, at 27 I went travelling around the world on my own. No one else I knew was doing it. There wasn't anyone else interested in coming with me - not even my long-term boyfriend at the time. So I went. I had a blast. It changed my life. As a result of just doing it, I ended up living in not just a different continent but a different hemisphere, and subjecting myself to adventures I would never have thought would come my way. Life may not always be coming up roses, but I relish the learning from every bump in the road I've ended up on.
Long story short.... due to an apparent general malaise on the part of local poets, or perhaps a lack of local poets, I have been researching existing poems that have resonance to places in Devonport, which will be displayed along with some of my own work. Poets who have written in and around the area were my first port of call, but some of my own personal favourites will also appear.
If you're out there, poets, I'd love to receive your work to display in our unique and rather fabulous city village.
What I have mainly learnt in life is that if you don't do it, no one else will. And if you do do it, perhaps no one else will, but at least you will have done it!
Hence, at 27 I went travelling around the world on my own. No one else I knew was doing it. There wasn't anyone else interested in coming with me - not even my long-term boyfriend at the time. So I went. I had a blast. It changed my life. As a result of just doing it, I ended up living in not just a different continent but a different hemisphere, and subjecting myself to adventures I would never have thought would come my way. Life may not always be coming up roses, but I relish the learning from every bump in the road I've ended up on.
Long story short.... due to an apparent general malaise on the part of local poets, or perhaps a lack of local poets, I have been researching existing poems that have resonance to places in Devonport, which will be displayed along with some of my own work. Poets who have written in and around the area were my first port of call, but some of my own personal favourites will also appear.
If you're out there, poets, I'd love to receive your work to display in our unique and rather fabulous city village.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Devonport NZ Guerilla Poetry Event
An invitation to write!
A Guerilla Poetry event WILL TAKE PLACE in Devonport, over the Christmas 2011 period, with a 'Hit Date' of 16th December.
You've seen the 'Graffiti Knitting' on the Devonport Wharf? If not- go and take a look. This project will be local, or visiting, poets' version.
While the short form of haiku lends itself well to guerilla poetry since it can be read quickly by passers by, this particular project is open to all forms. HOWEVER, poems need to be able to be read swiftly - to encourage readers to stop, so no more than 14 lines please (which means you could even pen a sonnet!).
To take part, all you have to do is:
1/
Think about a spot in or around Devonport that inspires you, where you spend regular time, or simply something that struck you one day. It could be the bus stop, your favourite cafe, a local character, a tree you like, the spot you caught that fish. Anything you want. Note that where possible poems should be displayed at the point of their inspiration, though if this is not possible we'll try to display the poem somewhere appropriate.
2/
Write a poem. It can be serious, or humorous, deep and meaningful or lighthearted. Preferably it will be relatively short to fit easily in large print on an A4 sheet (if being displayed outside, poems will be laminated).
You might already have something you'd like to submit.
You might already have something you'd like to submit.
3/
Post the poem to this blog site, including a description of the location that inspired it.
Closing date for submissions is 1st December.
Copyright for all poems remains with the writer.
Poems will be displayed at the location that inspired them, or close by. If you have a special idea for displaying your poem and want to create it yourself- go ahead! (e.g. written on driftwood, carved into stone...). Just check back here for the 'opening' date so you can join in the event.
Or if you're a cafe or shop owner, have a spare bit of wall you want decorated etc - feel free to offer display space.
Or if you're a cafe or shop owner, have a spare bit of wall you want decorated etc - feel free to offer display space.
Keep an eye on this blog to see other people's entries and more news.
Happy Writing, and pass the word on.
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