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We have launched our first poetry anthology on climate change! The poems have been selected from our competition entries by National Poet of Wales, Gillian Clarke, and internationally acclaimed poet, Menna Elfyn, and they demonstrate that poets are, as ever, speaking out on issues vital to the planet.
'Poets’ as Shelley once said, ‘are the unacknowledged legislators of the world’. Poets have always spoken out on political issues - inequality, environmental destruction, human rights abuses. They have aways had a distinct platform in the world of protest. This anthology demonstrates this is still very much the case and finds poets writing on the subject of climate change.
One of the strengths of this bilingual collection is that each poet takes us on a journey from the big global picture down to the small personal detail. Each poem enables us to feel. To feel something about the often abstract and alienating concept of climate change.
They were selected by Gillian Clarke and Menna Elfyn from a body of poetry entered into a poetry competition which invited people to write specifically on the theme. The response was great - we received entries from as far afield as the USA and Philippines and demonstrated a fierce interest in the subject. The range of responses - from blackberries to bankers, from hoovers to hunger - reflect the extent to which climate change is no longer an ‘issue’ but part of our everyday lives.
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Poets speak out on Climate Change!| Poetry Competition |
Awel Aman Tawe Poetry Competition on ‘Climate Change’ for adults and children “Climate change is what everyone needs to be focusing on.” Carol Ann Duffy
Judges: Carol Ann Duffy (English Entries) Elin ap Hywel (Welsh Entries)
Prizes: Adult prizes: for each language 1st £500, 2nd £100, 3rd £50
Children’s prizes for each language: 1st £50, 2nd £30, 3rd £20
Closing date: 31st March 2012 To enter: You may submit as many poems as you like as long as your entry is accompanied by the correct fee. Adults: £3 per poem or 4 for £10 Children: £1 per poem or 4 for £3 All poems submitted must be original work of the entrant. They cannot be returned so please don’t send your only copy. Each poem should be no more than 40 lines on any aspect of the theme of Climate Change. It must be typewritten. Please don’t put your name or address on the poems. Instead, you should put your name, contact details and titles of all poems submitted on an accompanying piece of paper. Copyright of each poem remains with the author, but Awel Aman Tawe has the unrestricted right to publish the winning poems.
or just send your poems, accompanying details and a cheque to Awel Aman Tawe Poetry Competition 76-78 Heol Gwilym Cwmllynfell Swansea SA9 2GN Enter online: pay via paypal. The closing date is 31st March 2012. Prize winners will be notified by June 2012. A prize-giving evening will take place on 8th June 2012 7.30pm at Pontardawe Arts Centre. Copyright of each poem remains with the author, but Awel Aman Tawe has the unrestricted right to publish the winning poems in an anthology, on its website, and on related material for PR purposes. Awel Aman Tawe is a community energy charity (charity no: 1114492 ) committed to tackling climate change. |