Sanctuary
Angela Graham with Phil Cope, Viviana Fiorentino, Mahyar, Csilla Toldy and Glen Wilson
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Sanctuary is âEUR" urgent. The pandemic has made people crave it; political crises are denying it to millions; the earth is no longer our haven. This theme has enormous traction at a time of existential fear â¿' especially among the young â¿' that nowhere is safe. Even our minds and our bodies are not refuges we can rely on. Truth itself is on shaky ground. This pamphlet of 31 poems addresses these critical situations from the inside. How we can save the earth, ourselves and others? How valid is the concept of a âEUR¿holyâEUR(TM) place these days? Are any values still sacrosanct? We al...
Sanctuary is âEUR" urgent. The pandemic has made people crave it; political crises are denying it to millions; the earth is no longer our haven. This theme has enormous traction at a time of existential fear â¿' especially among the young â¿' that nowhere is safe. Even our minds and our bodies are not refuges we can rely on. Truth itself is on shaky ground. This pamphlet of 31 poems addresses these critical situations from the inside. How we can save the earth, ourselves and others? How valid is the concept of a âEUR¿holyâEUR(TM) place these days? Are any values still sacrosanct? We all deserve peace and security but can these be achieved without exploitation? Belfast-born Angela Graham divides her time between Wales and Northern Ireland. Alongside her own work, she has designed this collection to embody the hosting, welcoming aspect of Sanctuary by inviting four other poets to work with her in writing a poem each, two from Wales and two from Northern Ireland. In Wales, Phil Cope from the Garw Valley is an expert on the holy wells and shrines of the British Isles and âEUR¿MoonâEUR(TM) is the pseudonym for an Iranian poet who has made a new home in Wales. In Northern Ireland, poet and novelist, Viviana Fiorentino is an economic migrant from Italy, working with migrants and prisoners of conscience, while film maker and poet, Csilla Toldy fled communist Hungary for a âEUR¿freeâEUR(TM) life in the West. The fifth poet, Glen Wilson (winner of the Seamus Heaney Award for New Writing), acted as mentor for AngelaâEUR(TM)s work and contributes a poem on
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