Alice Lovelace(http://www.alicelovelace.com ), In Motion Magazine (http://www.inmotionmagazine.com) and Armed with Art

Invite you to submit up to two (2) poems (no poem longer than 1,000 words) to

“100 Poems of Solidarity for Haiti”

· The poem and AN INTERVIEW of one (winning) writer will be published in the ART CHANGES section of In Motion Magazine and $200.00 will be donated to the Haiti relief effort in their name.

· In addition, the best poems of the 100 will be published in In Motion Magazine.

· AND all one hundred poems will be available for download in a PDF (for a small fee, which will be donated to Haiti relief efforts).

Following one of the most devastating natural disasters in modern memory, Haitians are digging themselves out from under tons of rubble.  The true extent of the earthquake is not known because few people have ventured outside of the capital to find out the fate of those living in rural areas.

While there has been constant news coverage, much of what I have heard has been tinged with denigrating remarks towards the Haitian people.  I believe we are witnessing a new wave of racist speech and news coverage that rivals coverage pre 1960.  As the world pours out prayers and sends appeals for aid to help the survivors and those trapped, Pat Robertson and Rush Limbaugh have chosen to raise their race baiting hate speech to an all new level.

We know that art can heal, we invite you to write poem of solidarity from your heart to the people of Haiti to help them in their healing.  You may submit up to two (2) poems with no poem longer than 1,000 words.  There is no fee involved. All poems should be submitted as an attachment in .doc format to: alovelace_99@yahoo.com

Links to Pat’s and Rush’s  remarks.
TV Evangelist Pat Robertson made some unusual observations about the Haiti earthquake on his CBN newscast Wednesday, calling the quake a possible blessing and saying the Haitian people are cursed.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5TE99sAbwM

Rush Limbaugh on Haiti relief donations: ‘We’ve already donated to Haiti. It’s called the U.S. income tax’January 15, 2010 |  5:51 pm.   http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/comments_blog/2010/01/rush-limbaugh-haiti-earthquake-relief-donations-obama-red-cross-links.html

Links to Haiti history and culture.
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/43a/index.html

http://www.travelinghaiti.com/history.asp

Democracy Now!’s complete coverage of the earthquake and of Haiti (dating back to 1996) is archived here:
http://www.democracynow.org/tags/haiti

http://www.democracynow.org/2010/1/15/earthquake_survivors_dying_as_aid_struggles

Recap:

We know that art can heal, we invite you to write poem of solidarity from your heart to the people of Haiti to help them in their healing.  Poems may be any length.  There is no fee involved. Deadline February 14, 2010.  All poems should be submitted as an attachment in .doc format to: alovelace_99@yahoo.com

· $200.00 will be donated to the Haiti relief effort in the name of winning poet.

· The poem and AN INTERVIEW of one (winning) writer will be published in the ART CHANGES section of In Motion Magazine .

· The best poems of the 100 will be published at In Motion Magazine (http://www.inmotionmagazine.com).

· And all one hundred poems will be available for download in a PDF.

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