Tag: bilingual poems for display
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Bilingual Poems on Display in Central Middlesex Hospital
Bilingual poems from this project are on permanent (and prominent) display in one of London’s major hospitals. The poems have just been re-formatted and freshly mounted there. You can find them near the main entrance of the ACAD Centre, part of the Central Middlesex Hospital. Photograph by Nicholas Pole The Centre is London’s newest hospital…
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Poems Displayed on Plasma Screens
The plasma display screen is now common in all kinds of public settings, including schools, libraries and healthcare waiting rooms. So here is yet another form of screen for the eye to rest on, when already there are so many. And is “resting” the right word ? The screens’ contents tend not be passive. Many…
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Reaching into Bristol – new partnerships
Based these days in Bristol, “Poems for…the wall” has started to work in partnership with the Bristol Poetry Institute. The BPI is based in the literature department of Bristol University. The BPI has not only procured some seed money for us, but has also been greatly helpful in providing local contacts and opportunities. Thanks to…
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“Poems for the wall” breaks surface in the south west
A very good international magazine called “Resurgence,” based in Devon, did a feature on the project in August this year. Click here for the online version. And during November, an exhibition of the project’s bilingual poems went up in a busy public setting run by Bristol University. The poems make a strong public statement of mutual…
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“Poems for…” speaking truth to Mr Trump
The “Poems for…” project is proud to display four poems written by people President Trump would wish to ban. Click here for links to the poems. Two were written by Iranian poets (once called Persian) ; one is in Syrian Arabic ; one in Somali.
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Two new “Poems for…” collections available
The two collections were launched in Bristol in the Autumn of 2015. The charity United Response assisted. The mental health collection is called “Poems for…Self at Sea” and consists of 30 poems. It was funded by NHS Westminster. The learning disability collection is called “Poems for…Bridges to Learning Disability.” This one consists of 20 poems…
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Poems for…Bridges to Anatolia
“Poems for…Bridges to Anatolia” is based largely – though not entirely – on the translation work over the years of the Turkish poet Mevlut Ceylan. Ceylan lived in London for many years and under the title “Core Publications” produced a significant number of booklets that feature and celebrate Turkish poetry. Each is translated into English,…