Poetry for Peace

Launch of Poetry for Peace for Culture Night 2022

Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality are delighted to celebrate Culture Night 2022 with the launch of our new initiative titled Poetry for Peace. Poetry for Peace is an online anti-war, pro-peace site hosting a collection of anti-war poetry in written and video format to celebrate peace and non-violence.

Poetry for Peace goes live on Friday 23 September at 6pm as part of Culture Night 2022. Join us to celebrate the display of over 100 poems.

Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality established the Poetry for Peace initiative to gather and host a collection of anti-war poetry in written and video format to celebrate peace and non-violence. The initiative has received support from a wide range of artists from Ireland and internationally.

A key part of Poetry for Peace is an online anti-war, pro-peace site to host a collection of anti-war poetry in written and video format to celebrate peace and non-violence. At a time when conflicts and war are part of everyday life for communities across the world, it is important to stand up and speak out for peace and against violence. People across the world are speaking out against war. There are always many different sides to war and our call is for ceasefires and negotiations as a pathway to peace.

The world is on fire, our planet burning, our fields flooding. Alongside a call for respecting the earth we live on, we call on governments around the world to stop wars and violence and to advocate for peace. We need to find a way to collectively stop war, aggression and greed and instead focus on ways to nurture the planet we live on.

Poetry for Peace is an ongoing open call for poetry of any length in either written or video format that is linked with or inspired by the theme of anti-war and pro-peace. We will continue to build this initiative, with the support of artists from Ireland and internationally. We have had an astounding response to the call out and received a huge number of submissions. We are delighted to publish a selection of over 100 original anti-war and pro-peace poetry from members of the public on our website and we welcome you to read the work I support of peace and non-violence.

Share this campaign with everyone you know and assist us to publicise the work through social media so together we can celebrate peace and non-violence. We hope you will be inspired by the poetry shared here to write your own poem or song and if you wish to submit your work to us please do so below.

To promote this central space for peace we invite you to ring up a local or national radio station asking for poems and songs for peace to be played on the airways. Instead of requesting a love story ask for an anti-war song or request a poem or song for peace. Let everyone know about the site where the poems can be read and viewed.

For further information email info@smashingtimes.ie.

Submitting A Poem

We invite you, members of the public, to submit your anti-war, pro-peace poetry for a chance to be featured in our online collection.

All content contributed, subject to review by the Smashing Times artistic team, will be displayed online as part of our collection of anti-war poetry called Poetry For Peace that is accessible to all.

All featured poems will be credited and promoted on Smashing Times social media channels. All video submissions will be hosted and accessible also via the Smashing Times YouTube channel. This collection of poetry serves as a powerful reminder that that poetry and storytelling can play a key role in raising awareness of and promoting equality, human rights, diversity and peace for all. The collection shines the spotlight on poets and songwriters using their artform to promote human rights and peace for all. Poems welcome from artists from Ireland and around the world

Criteria

Poems or songs can be of any length
Poems or songs can be submitted as written text or as a video reading.
Each poem should include a title, author’s name, performer’s name and other relevant information.
Authors may submit more than one poem or song.

Submit Here

For information email info@smashingtimes.ie. Submissions welcome on an ongoing basis. Selection for the online collection will be made by the Smashing Times artistic team based on creative content and response to theme.