Poems from Heaven
Poetry Parnassus - a part of the London Cultural Olympics - is well underway.
Nearly 200 poets representing every Olympic nation have gathered in London in the biggest poetry event ever staged in the UK.
I am taking part in it too and in terms of highlights, allow me to mention two events.
Pahlavon Turgunov from the Uzbek Service at the World Poets at the World Service event
World Poetry at the World Service was the event in New Broadcasting House where leading modern poets from all continents read their poetry along with poets from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service and members of the audience. It was a real feast of poetry in dozens of languages.
Another event to mention is The Rain of Poems, when a helicopter showered thousands of poems over the London Eye and Southbank.
I caught several poems and since it's the gift of Heaven (isn't poetry that gift indeed?) I would love to share them with you.
Selina Tusitala Marsh, Tuvalu
'Googling Tusitala'
Brings
Hotel kitano tusitala dot com
Brings
Tusitala bar and grill in Edinburgh
Brings
Tusitala built in 1883 Scotland
Brings
Tusitala publishing house a biography of recent psychodrama books
Brings
Deviantart tusitala's gallery chicago
52 brings
The sea slug forum reception at tusitala
57,092 brings
The tusitala bookshelf in Barcelona - there's no wrong way to eat a rhesus
The helicopter dropping poems at the Rain of Poems event
In my dream no nation are dominated
Nowhere in my dream is there land that's dominated
And the state is the hatred that is dominated
In my dream settlers are removed
In my dream colonies eliminated
I abolished the colonies of years of earth all colonies
In my dream the racists are eliminated
In my dream Xenophobes are eliminated
In my dream homophobes are eliminated
Anti-semites and camistes are eliminated...
Poetry - a gift of heaven
Clare Polard, UK
'Kingdom'
Primroses
For Heshu Yones
Eyebright
For Banaz Mahmod
Fewerfew
For Tuley Goren
Selfheal
For Samaira Nazir
Violets
For Asiyah Khan
Lady's bedstraw
For Shafilea Ahmed
Bluebells
For Uzma Rahan
Writer in residence Hamid Ismailov is an Uzbek novelist and poet. His work is banned in Uzbekistan and under threat of arrest he moved to London and joined ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service as a journalist. He is now head of the Central Asian service. 