{"id":27192,"date":"2023-03-22T11:47:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T11:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/?p=27192"},"modified":"2023-03-22T12:59:13","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T12:59:13","slug":"earth-day-2023-call-for-poems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/2023\/03\/22\/earth-day-2023-call-for-poems\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Day 2023 \u2013 call for poems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate Earth Day on 22 April 2023, we are inviting staff to share their own poems on the theme of \u2018re-imagining our world\u2019 and climate research at the University.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27198 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2023\/03\/AdobeStock_301392745-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"Glass globe in nature \u2013 concept for environment and conservation and reimagining a better world\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2023\/03\/AdobeStock_301392745-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2023\/03\/AdobeStock_301392745-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2023\/03\/AdobeStock_301392745-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2023\/03\/AdobeStock_301392745-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2023\/03\/AdobeStock_301392745-2048x1366.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2023\/03\/AdobeStock_301392745-272x182.jpeg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Submissions can be written, or they can be short videos or audio recordings, which will be shared on social media and the University\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/\">Connecting Research blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This\u00a0call for poems has been inspired by the\u00a0International Universities Climate Alliance\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universitiesforclimate.org\/activities\/earth-day-2023-slam-poetry-festival-re-imagining-our-world\/\">Slam Poetry Festival<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Slam poetry is a form of performance poetry that doesn\u2019t rely on traditional poetic forms and techniques, such as rhyming stanzas. It is free-flowing and expressive and growing in popularity the world over&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Poems should explore re-imagining our world in the context of Earth Day 2023 \u2013\u00a0addressing how our world could be reshaped, redirected or re-imagined for all.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Poems could\u00a0explore the following topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>sustainable lifestyles and consumption<\/li>\n<li>climate justice<\/li>\n<li>innovation and technology solutions<\/li>\n<li>cultural and local solutions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Take part<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you are interested in submitting a poem to celebrate Earth Day, or have any questions, please get in touch with Demelza Hookway (<a href=\"mailto:d.hookway@reading.ac.uk\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-safelink=\"true\" data-linkindex=\"1\">d.hookway@reading.ac.uk<\/a>) by\u00a031 March 2023, <strong>with poems\u00a0to be submitted by\u00a0<\/strong><strong>midday on<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Monday 17 April 2023<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Find out more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com.au\/e\/international-poetry-slam-festival-re-imagining-our-world-tickets-545423214517\">International Poetry Slam\u00a0Festival<\/a> and register to take part.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate Earth\u00a0Day on 22 April 2023, we are inviting staff to share their own poems on the theme of \u2018re-imagining our world\u2019 and climate research at the University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":276,"featured_media":27198,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[187,189,190,2347,690,691,859,866],"class_list":["post-27192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-climate","tag-climate-change","tag-climate-justice","tag-climate-research","tag-poems","tag-poetry","tag-sustainability","tag-technology"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - 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