• PPB: "Dear Vaccine" -- The Global Vaccine Poem

    From George J. Dance@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 15 16:40:05 2021
    "Dear Vaccine is a global community poem, inviting all to share their voices to promote COVID-19 vaccination through the imaginative language of poetry. The Global Vaccine Poem project is a collaboration between the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State
    University, housed in the College of Arts and Sciences & The University of Arizona Poetry Center, housed in the College of Humanities.

    Read the model poem “Dear Vaccine” written by Naomi Shihab Nye, then choose a prompt to respond to. Add a few lines of your words. Don’t worry about rhyming, don’t worry about grammar or spelling. Simply share your thoughts.

    Dear
    Vaccine
    By Naomi Shihab Nye
    Young People's Poet Laureate,
    Poetry Foundation

    Save us, dear vaccine.
    [...]
    Give us our world again!
    Tiny gleaming vials,
    enter our cities and towns
    shining your light.
    Restore us to each other.

    [...]

    https://www.globalvaccinepoem.com/

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  • From Paul Vicious@21:1/5 to George J. Dance on Fri Aug 20 15:38:28 2021
    On Sunday, August 15, 2021 at 7:40:06 PM UTC-4, George J. Dance wrote:
    "Dear Vaccine is a global community poem, inviting all to share their voices to promote COVID-19 vaccination through the imaginative language of poetry. The Global Vaccine Poem project is a collaboration between the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State
    University, housed in the College of Arts and Sciences & The University of Arizona Poetry Center, housed in the College of Humanities.

    Read the model poem “Dear Vaccine” written by Naomi Shihab Nye, then choose a prompt to respond to. Add a few lines of your words. Don’t worry about rhyming, don’t worry about grammar or spelling. Simply share your thoughts.

    Dear
    Vaccine
    By Naomi Shihab Nye
    Young People's Poet Laureate,
    Poetry Foundation

    Save us, dear vaccine.
    [...]
    Give us our world again!
    Tiny gleaming vials,
    enter our cities and towns
    shining your light.
    Restore us to each other.

    [...]

    https://www.globalvaccinepoem.com/


    Cool...

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