Friday, September 14, 2012

Poems for Pussy Riot

"Both the example set by Pussy Riot — fierce, feminist champions of freedom — and the example being made of them by the Russian judiciary has fired something in writers around the world. The band’s punk prayer, a poem gorgeously translated into English by Carol Rumens and Sasha Dugdale, uses language precisely and powerfully — and it’s inspired the poets who’ve contributed to do the same."
Want to get involved? Check out this page.

3 comments:

Titus said...

Love this!!

And power to PEN.

swiss said...

found poems - good fun.

Marion McCready said...

yes, good fun! the fb conversation was screaming at me to become a found poem :)