LIBRO POETAS CANARIOS EN EL HIERRO

Un colectivo de escritores canarios participó el 29 de febrero de 2012 en un encuentro cultural en La Restinga para realizar un gesto de solidaridad y apoyo simbólico a los vecinos y ciudadanos de toda la isla de El Hierro por la crisis volcánica. Esta iniciativa cultural y solidaria fue incluida en la agenda internacional de la convocatoria realizada desde el World Poetry Movement (WPM), una organización mundial de festivales de poesía y escritores de más de 80 países reconocida por la Unesco y que aglutinó actividades poéticas en la fecha mencionada de forma sincronizada para la defensa del planeta, la paz entre los pueblos y la diversidad cultural.


De esta forma, la Isla de El Hierro ha sido el escenario elegido para la cita en el Archipiélago canario junto a otros lugares emblemáticos del Estado español.

El libro "La Llama silenciosa. Poetas canarios en El Hierro" WPM 2012, se editará próximamente con el patrocinio de Aguas Fonteide, y será presentado públicamente en el marco del 8º Festival Bimbache openArt de El Hierro, en la fecha del Sábado 25 de Agosto de 2012.

WPM-CANARIAS



POETAS CANARIOS EN EL HIERRO




Manuel Padorno


Acerina Cruz


Alicia Llarena


Alonso Herrera de Abreu


Anghel Morales


Antonio Arroyo Silva


Balbina Rivero


Berbel


Carmen Blanca


Carmen García Tortosa


Cecilia Domínguez Luis


Coriolano González Montañez


David Guijosa Aeberhard


Elica Ramos


Elsa López


Fátima Vidal González


Franca Dimar


Francisco Tarajano Pérez


Guillermo de Jorge


Isa Guerra


Javier Cabrera


José Javier Hernández


José Miguel Junco


José Rafael Hernández


Juan Carlos De Sancho


Juan Carlos Sánchez


Juan Pedro Castañeda


Juan Ramón Tramunt


Julia Gil


Lidia Ramírez Mesa


Luis Ángel Marín


Luis Antonio González


Luis León Barreto


Marcos Alonso Hernández


Marcos Jiménez León


Mari Carmen Martín Mendoza


María Gutiérrez


María Jesús Alvarado


Maribel Lacave


María Padrón


Miguel Ángel Brito Febles


Montse Fillol Ferrín


Noel Olivares


Norma Wilow


Octavio R. Arroyo


Olga Luis Rivero


Roberto Cabrera


Rosario de Gorostegui


Rosario Valcárcel


Sabas Martín


Samir Delgado


Sara Godoy


Teca Barreiro


Teresa Delgado Duque


Teresa Iturriaga Osa


Thelvia Marín Mederos


Tino Prieto


Victor Álamo de la Rosa


Yeray Barroso


Yolanda Soler Onís


Justification of the World Poetry Movement (WPM)


"Building a responsible and united world is a long-term project that requires the participation of all the creative forces of mankind. Culture, education, philosophy, law, science, information technology and international co-operation provide us with the means to achieve it. Constructing the defenses of human dignity in everyday life is not a utopia. Humanism is a promise we must keep." (Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO).

World Poetry Movement (WPM) is the result of an historical conjunction of poetical projects worldwide, experiencing the urgency to associate by entering the orbit of globally impacted achievements.

We believe that poetic actions can contribute to the construction of a new humanism and can be defined clearly and effectively using the resources of communication wherewith the position of poets may be heard and understood as spiritual heritage fighting to preserve and safeguard the human species through the constructive impact of their actions.

http://www.wpm2011.org/

Foundation of the WPM



Statement of the WPM

At the 21º Medellin Poetry Festival, directors of 37 Poetry Festivals worldwide have conducted a 5-day meeting on the status of poetry and poetry festivals across the world, analyzing and discussing human concerns and issues regarding difficulties and achievements as part of local organizations promoting poetry in each of our cities and countries.

The first sessions discussed the relationship between poetry and peace and reconstruction of the human spirit, nature reconciliation and recovery, unity and cultural diversity of the peoples, material misery and poetic justice, and actions to take towards the globalization of poetry.

Participants decided to establish the World Poetry Movement, whose main purpose would be to increase cooperation between poetry festivals, thus strengthening our collective voice.


The World Poetry Movement recognizes that:


Poetry provides meaningful insights into the human condition.

Contrary to the idea that languages divide the world, it is precisely the diversity of languages that enriches poetry festivals.

The World Poetry Movement will strengthen each festival in their local and global approach to their challenges and concerns.

The exceptional connection with the public evidenced in the Medellin Poetry Festivalhighlights the value of poetry reaching people.

Main objectives of the World Poetry Movement are:


That all poets, poetry initiatives and organizations are invited to join the World Poetry Movement.

To promote the growth of poetry festivals across the world in all their diversity.

To enhance communication between poetry festivals and poetry organizations.

To promote the development of poetry schools and poetry initiatives.

To explore audience development initiatives to broaden publics and access to poetry.

To address issues such as publishing, translation and the general concerns of poets worldwide.

This movement begins a significant process that goes beyond individual concerns and creates exciting possibilities for poets and poetry events worldwide - we stand with humility and care for the birth of this new project.


Founding festivals are:


Tomás Arias, representative of Barcelona Poesía (Spain)

Kwame Dawes, representative of Calabash International Literary Festival

Sixto Cabrera, representative of Encuentro Latinoamericano de Poesía en Veracruz (Mexico)

José María Memet, director del Encuentro Internacional de Poetas ChilePoesía

Otoniel Guevara, poet and director of Encuentro Internacional de Poetas El Turno del Ofendido (El Salvador)

Fernando Rendón, Gabriel Jaime Franco, Jairo Guzmán and y Gloria Chvatal, representatives of Festival Internacional de Poesía de Medellín (Colombia)

Alex Pausides, poet and director of Festival Internacional de Poesía de La Habana (Cuba)

Fernando Valverde, poet and director of Festival Internacional de Poesía de Granada (Spain)

Gaston Bellemare, director of Festival International de la Poèsie de Trois-Rivières (Canada)

Amir Or, poet and director of the International Poetry Festival Sha'ar (Israel)

Iryna Vikyrchak, poet and executive director of The International Poetry Festival Meridian Czernowitz (Ukraine)

Lello Voce, poet and representative of International Poetry Festival RomaPoesía and Absolute Poetry (Italy)

Rira Abbasi, director of International Festival of Peace Poetry (Irán)

Graciela Araoz, poet and director of Festival Internacional de Poesía de Buenos Aires (Argentina)

José Mármol, poet and director of Festival Internacional de Poesía de República Dominicana

Giovanni Gómez, poet and director of Festival Internacional de Poesía Luna de Locos (Pereira, Colombia)

Aaron Rueda, representative of the Festival Iberoamericano de Poesía “Salvador Díaz Mirón” (Mexico)

Rodolfo Dada, poet and representative of Festival Internacional de Poesía de Costa Rica

Rigoberto Paredes, poet and director of Festival Internacional de Poesía de Honduras

Lucy Cristina Chau, poet and director of Festival Internacional de Poesía Ars Amandi (Panama)

Marvin García, poet and director del Festival Internacional de Poesía de Quetzaltenango (Guatemala)

Vilma Reyes and Vicente Rodríguez Nietzche, poet, and representative del Festival Internacional de Poesía de Puerto Rico

Rafael del Castillo and Fernando Linero, poets and representatives of Festival Internacional de Poesía de Bogotá (Colombia)

Gabriel Impaglioni, poet and director of Festival Internacional de Poesía Palabra en el Mundo (Argentina/Italy)

Ataol Behramoglu, poet and organizer of International Poetry Festival of Smirna (Turkey)

Rati Saxena, poet and director of Krytia International Poetry Festival (India)

Thomas Wolfhart, director of Literaturwerkstatt Berlin (Germany)

Endre Ruset, poet and director of Norsk Litteraturfestival (Norway)

Regina Dyck, director of Poetry on the Road (Bremen, Germany)

Peter Rorvik, director of Poetry Africa (South Africa)

Bas Kwakman, director of Poetry International Rotterdam (The Netherlands)

Céline Hémon, director of International Communications of Les Printemps des Poètes (France)

Zabier Hernández, director of the Recital Internacional de Poesía desde el Sur (Pasto, Colombia)

Jack Hirschmann, poet and director of San Francisco International Poetry Festival (United States)

Nikola Madzirov, poet and representative of Struga Poetry Evenings (Macedonia)

Ban’ya Natsuishi, director of Tokyo Poetry Festival (Japan)

Ide Hintze, director of the Vienna Poetry School

July the 8th, 2011