'HOMO HOMINI LUPUS' : a new editorial project (Deadline: OCT. 31)

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Doctor Fab

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Hello All!

I've just opened the Group/Forum of a new project (submission deadline will be October 31) :

'HOMO  HOMINI  LUPUS'
"racism, bigotry and greed as causes of intolerance, hate,
escalating violence, mass murders and ethnic cleansing
"


"Mala tempora currunt": after decades of hope that followed the major conflicts of the XX century, it seems that violence is spreading out again, in our frail "modern" world. Social, political and economic uncertainties grow, and they are fuelling the worst part of our being. Racism, Bigotry and Greed represent the major source of the river of hate that flows through the human society and sweep our most important 'values' away... We, as Poets, cannot remain silent...



How this project was born:
On Sept. 18, I was asked by the poet friend Sayeed Abubakar if we could do something, as a group of poets, for the Rohingya people. I brought such request to the attention of our Group [about the so called "Rohingya crisis", you can read also this analysis from the WP: The ‘ethnic cleansing’ of the Rohingya *], specifying that we can't publish a book exclusively focused on the Rohingyas (if we did, we should accept any request to consider single situations.. and we simply can't afford this -- indeed, following such "policy/guideline", we could not accept to single out the ISIS issue a few months ago, and opted for a more general theme [see the "Terror .2" book: 'United We Stand – Poets Against Terror']). This is the reason why I opted for the broader theme under the title "HOMO HOMINI LUPUS".

[*] Ethnic cleansing is the systematic deliberate removal of ethnic or religious groups from a given territory with the intent of making it ethnically homogeneous.
The forces applied may be various forms of forced migration (deportation, population transfer), intimidation, as well as mass murder and genocidal rape.
Ethnic cleansing is usually accompanied with the efforts to remove physical and cultural evidence of the targeted group in the territory through the destruction of homes, social centers, farms, and infrastructure, and by the desecration of monuments, cemeteries, and places of worship (Wikipedia).
Since the 1990s, ethnic cleansing has become one of the most widely known forms of violence directed against groups. Ethnic cleansing is related to genocide, but [..] is focused more closely than genocide on geography and on forced removal of ethnic or related groups from particular areas (The Oxford Handbook of Genocide Studies)
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"HOMO HOMINI LUPUS" --- to those who don't like my title [sorry for these ancient memories from my high school years! BTW, hands up those who remember the 'Asinaria', by Plautus...  ] : to get your pardon, I'm going to start a new editorial project soon, with a free theme.. It'll be our 2nd Autumn project. Stay tuned!

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just the latest...
Las Vegas, Oct. 2 : yet another madman armed to his teeth [legal (!?!) war weapons in the hands of unbalanced people!], who wanted to be "number 1 murderer" in US history, has killed 58 innocent people -- and officials say more than 500 were wounded... CRAZY Society! 😞
F.

Doctor Fab

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Hello All,

this is to let you know that

1.
our friend Udaya has developed a website for Poets Unite Worldwide.
Here is the link :
He's going to send a note, later, to introduce the website, and to ask for some help.

2.
as already told you, our last project for the year 2017 is a FREE THEME/Free Style collection.

The NEW FORUM/Group is : 18. "Through Time, Through Space"   [See below]

You have to submit your UNPUBLISHED poems before December 15.


Go to the new Forum to register :

-- Each registered poet has to submit, through the Forum email:



3.
For those who have asked about:
-- The last 2 books of the series "Contemporary Poetry" [that is: '55 Female Poets' and 'The Sounds Of America'] will be published soon;
-- The book 'Homo Homini Lupus' will be at Amazon in December.


4.
As you know, a vast region in North Iran and also in Iraq has been hit by a violent earthquake: hundreds and hundreds human beings are dead, thousands have been injured. Devastation is huge and many thousands of people are now homeless. We feel close to them, and our deep simpathy goes to our friends from that part of the world.

With friendship
F.

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Poets  Unite  Worldwide
invite you to take part in the Anthology

Through Time, Through Space


Topic: FREE THEME

To take part in the compilation

  • Ask for free registration (only the registered poets can submit their poetry):
  • After registration, you can submit a poem through the GROUP EMAIL :


  • Submission  limited to 1 poem

no longer than 30 lines, with no more than 70 characters per line


    • DEADLINE  :    DECEMBER  15th


Submit only UNPUBLISHED poems!


Do not submit poems already posted at PoemHunter, Facebook, and/or other web-sites/social.

You need to state that the poem is unpublished when you submit it.

Please, note:
1 month after the publication of the anthology, you will be free to publish the submitted poem wherever you like.





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