Tag: public poetry
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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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Six Developments for Summer 2017
Our new title – Poems for…the wall. It makes clearer the fact that we supply poems for public space. It doesn’t affect the titles of our collections. This new website – It is almost finished now. It is striking to look at ; it is technically up to the mark ; it is simple to use. Thanks…
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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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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,…