I’m excited to share that Sunflowers Rising, a project of Poets for Peace, is now available for purchase. You’ll find my poem “This Poem is Not About Mars” in its pages, along with many other wonderful poems from peace-minded poets around the world. All proceeds from the creation and sales of this book will go directly to help the ever-growing number of orphans in Ukraine.
About Sunflowers Rising
Created by Poets for Peace, Sunflowers Rising is their first anthology. It includes peace poems from over 170 poets who have contributed to this endeavor to celebrate peace and a better world for all people. This book represents a positive step toward fulfilling our universal need for a world where loving kindness and respect replace violence and aggression. Poets know that words have power, and poetry is a sturdy vehicle to influence how people think about the world and the future of this planet that is our home.
About Poets for Peace
Poets for Peace was created in June 2024 following a presentation by Ihor Pavlyuk, the Peoples Poet of Ukraine, at the National Federation of State Poetry Societies (NFSPS) Annual Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. Pavlyuk, a highly respected poet, was nominated this year for the Nobel Prize in Literature. (You can explore some of his work here and here.) As an orphan himself, he is highly motivated to help orphans, and he inspired the audience to aid his efforts. After the convention, Poets for Peace was created as a vehicle to help gather resources to help foster peace and provide some assistance to Ukraine’s orphans.
More Poetry
Want to explore more of my work? You can find some here, including a link to SoundCloud, where I’m slowly populating published poems in audio format.
Want to explore more poets? Check out the ever-growing Poetry Society of Tennessee bookstore here and see why we say #poetryisalive in Tennessee. Or try Greater Ghost by Christian J. Collier. In late April, Christian gave an inspiring reading including poems from this and other collections at a Poetry in the Boro event held the night before Poetry Society of Tennessee‘s 68th Annual Poetry Festival. His plenary session at the festival threw some new ideas and techniques my way that kickstarted some new work and changed how I approach my poetry.