'Poets Unite Worldwide' as an 'association' : what do you think?

[Doctor Fab]

Dear ALL,

a few days ago [June 25] I got an interesting email from Ellias (see 'Ellias' at the bottom) regarding 'Poets Unite Worldwide' as an 'association'.

I have my own idea about our group of poets, so I tried to explain my personal point of view (see below). But I also wanted to know what a few of our poets think about.. Shrijana and Galina wrote back to me (see their notes: Srijana's and Galina's) and also Ellias added a few lines (see 'Ellias').

Now I think it's your 'turn' to let us know.. if you like..

F.

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My answer to Ellias :

Dear Ellias,
thank you for your email.

I have to admit that I was taken by surprise by your 2nd point..

You know, 'Poets Unite Worldwide' is not a formal association.. no statute, no 'governing body' or 'representatives'.. and no 'membership fee'.. 😇
It is just a free "temporary association": everybody can ask to join one (or all) of our projects (although we reserve the right to 'veto' towards those people we may consider 'not welcome' ).

Such an 'association' was born 17 months ago. It was exactly January 20, 2015 when I wrote an email to Daniel, explaining my idea of what I called "Project Ouverture" [*] . Right after, I invited a number of poets to join the first editorial project.. That 1st project produced (March '15) the book "At the Crossing of 7 Winds", by 7 authors (Daniel, Galina and Mallika were among those first 7, and Galina created the cover). We are now at the 13th step.. and the number of poets has grown since then.. We have chosen a name, "Poets Unite Worldwide", that should represent, in my mind, an invitation and an appeal (: Poets worldwide, unite!), but none of them have sort of ''obligations'' towards this 'free & open' association.

I'd say that this comes from my own 'nature': I consider myself not simply an 'Italian', but a 'Citizen of the World' -- "born in Italy by chance" -- , equal to everybody else - all human beings on planet Earth - in brotherhood. I have an independent mind and the utmost respect for the human values of 'freedom', 'justice' and.. 'privacy'. For such a reason I try to stay far from 'governmental organizations' and the like.. as well as from religious organizations (I am agnostic, but I respect all faiths and religions which abide and honor human life and freedom of conscience, in all their aspects), and from politics which is made for fighting for the 'good of a part', and not for the good of the whole of the population (trying to help those in need, first of all)..

From all the above, I don't see any reason to constitute a 'formal association'. For the sake of whom..? I can't see any reason to change the spirit and nature of what we are. Can you?

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[*] -- I used that term, since I had in mind 'The Ring' ['der Ring des Nibelungen' - both Daniel and I love Wagner], with a number of 'dramas' played by a hundred of poets 🙂

You know, 'The Ring' has a prelude (with 4 scenes) and 3 'epic dramas' (each of them in 3 acts, plus a number of 'scenes').. so you see that I had in mind a good number of 'projects', for a quite large 'poetic orchestra' 😇, using a range of "instruments" to express our poetic emotions and also events of the 'world'.. "At the Crossing of 7 Winds" was the 'ouverture'.. Now we have just started writing the 12th and 13th Movement ('Traditional Haiku' and 'Poetry Any Style').. And the 14th (in August) will be 'Traditional Tanka'..  the 'epic' continues. .😉😇
"magno labore itur ad astra".. 👍

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2016-06-27 Ellias Aghili :

well, what i meant in my previous email was that we can introduce our group to anyone that we know in our country , neighborhood , universities and etc, so the roots of our actions will be stronger and the network can grow more and more for a more powerful international effect! and that's what we do.

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TO THIS 2nd EMAIL I ANSWERED THAT IT IS A VERY GOOD IDEA
["that's absolutely ok"]
-- F --
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2016-06-29 Srijana K.C. :

    I happen to like the free spirit of the forum too and yes forming a formal association will surely need a sort of planning, setting a particular goal, objectives and a lot more dedication from the members and the obligations.

    -At the same time, it seems some of us like Ellias, Sayeed, Khaoula  are already in a position in the respective countries where one can/wants to introduce the forum to the higher level. I think it's commendable for the nature of the forum as it talks on global issues and hence gathering a larger audiences will hopefully  aid  (not restrict) the free spirit of forum and a boost to all the efforts the editorial team has already put in.

    -We already have a fb page, blog site, instagram and may be a Web page in the future. Can we not introduce  and promote the forum to other formal organisations as it is without disturbing it's free nature? Just as a collaborative forum and not as a  organisation that needs to repond to various formalities.

    -Hope we can find a midway.

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2016-06-29  Galina Italyanskaya :

        I've read your letters with interest.
        As for me, I like that our group resembles more an informal and independent community than an official organisation.

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2016-06-25 Ellias Aghili :

    Hi dear Fabrizio,

    i want to establish the Iran's branch of Poet's united worldwide, i previously had some discussions with the ministry of foreign affairs and the ministry of science and research. i have told them that our headquarter is in Italy , so i guess we can discuss more on this to make it a bit more official.

[Afrooz Jafari Noor]

Dear All,

I also believe that our international group of poets has an organic nature, growing from the first seed planted by Doctor Fab and others( on my birthday, what a coincidence!!!). I imagine it as a tree growing in fresh shoots and leaves under the rule of natural requirement. No external form can be imposed on this organic entity without excluding some members. And that's what we won't like as against true freedom! This is my idea, anyway.

🌞 Jafarinoor

[Zalina Ismail]

Dear All,

The one thing that attracted me to Poets Unite Worldwide, is the freedom of expression, the lack of bureaucracy and the ties that bind us together merely through our love of poetry. I love the idea that it transcends borders and seems to grow organically. I agree with what Afrooz said earlier.

I shy away from anything bureaucratic and I feel that the word association with its set of ridgid rules can stifle creativity.

However, for something like this to work, there has to be a CHAMPION, and we do have that in Doc Fab already, so I think we are doing fine.

Perhaps what we could have is a blog instead of an association. We could showcase who we are, what we do and why we do what we do! Right now I have two blogs. One is BRAINetwork-USM.com ( needs updating) and the other is summerschoolblog.com ( which is updated everytime my summer school im the rainforest is running) . We could do something like that or even better. Just a suggestion.

However, formalities..... that is something I tend to stay away from as far as possible.

Bureaucratic thought
Oxymoronic delight
The dark ages now

( with apologies to Dr Fab for not being traditional  haiku)😉🙄

These sre just my thoughts...... 

Warm regards from Malaysia where kigo is always related to summer !!

Zalina

[Mithilesh kumar yadav]

Dear dr Fab and all fellow poets at poets unite worldwide , I am too young to make big suggestions amongst you all seniors , but I personally feel that we as a poets hold a capability to arouse the senses of humanity , which ultimately can sought solutions for several problems the world today is facing just due to evil thoughts like greed and hate .
We recently encountered several of them like inequality, refugees and prior to that which I was unable to participate in was terrorism .
I do believe poetry is not just a hobby, or arts it can be a science to study, understand and change the thoughts , thought processes and provoke the souls , which ultimately can solve many of the problems the humanity is facing .
The mission of rescuing the humanity in free air was started as a seed by Dr Fab I personally feel it do has a potential to shoulder the responsibility we as a poets holds towards the society .
Being a Indian I also stand along the thoughts of Dr Fab that we as a whole world is a family . as we say in our language in Sanskrit " wasudeva kutumbhakam " means whole world is a family .
I think doctor Fab and team of seniors would be best decision maker , but I look a potential of us growing as an organization like UN.

In the end as I alwayas quote " we together can "

Namastey and best regards
MITHILESH Kumar yadav
India

[Pamela Sinicrope]

So I am very aware of the work Ellias is doing with poetry and his formal group, Messengers of Peace.  However, Poets Unite Worldwide, I see as a separate group started by Fabrizio and Daniel...and then the rest of us; and as Fabrizio describes, a happily 'free' group that anyone can be a part of that essentially has no borders.  We are all just a group of poets collaborating together on a variety of projects.  

We do have a blog that Udaya Tennakon created as well as several FB pages. And because of Fabrizio's energy, we've been continually publishing and growing, and improving as writers.  I'm honored to be a part of our group and value the exchanges and friendships that have occurred through the writing, commentaries, and editorial work.

I am also excited by Ellias's work with MOP though, and I'm glad that he has joined with Poets Unite Worldwide too. Let's keep working together and keep our associations as they currently exist.

...and Ellias... Keep spreading your beautiful messages of peace through poetry.  Ellias and his group have been invited to come to the US by George Mason University to share their poetry peace gallery and will be participating in the Fall for the Book festival in the Washington DC area.  There's room for multiple poetry platforms.

Thank you Fabrizio and our amazing group of poets. Peace, love, and respect! :). ... and Fabrizio, I hope you are feeling even a little bit better... 

Pam

[Sayeed Abubakar]

My heartfelt thanks to dear Fabrizio and Pamela for their excellent letters. There is no doubt that it is Fabrizio who has made us united as world poets in the mission of peace which is totally non-government and non-political. I support Fabrizio for his humanitarian ideology; and I have already written an article in Bengali in a big literary magazine of Bangladesh on "Poetry Against Terror" where I have tried to expose the view of our peace mission as guided by Fabrzio.

It's a good news that Ellias is trying his best to work on our project. He is a good poet and an energetic young man. I was very much inspired when he called for a conference in Isfahan University on "Poetry Against Terror" and some of us were ready to attend the conference. But unluckily the conference was postponed. Ellius did not tell us the exact reason behind it. I think this type of conference, if happens in various countries, will help us spread our peace-poetry worldwide fast.

From Pamela's letter, I have come to know that Ellias and his Iranian team have been invited to USA. It's a very good news. Can we arrange more fore conference where many of us from many countries can participate? We have to keep in mind that many of us of this group are representative and popular poets in their own countries and languages.

My special thanks to Fabrizio, Pam, Daniel, Galina and Ellias for their hard working for this mission. I am always with you, dear all poets and friends.

[Akadri Kareem D]

Dear All,

I read all the opinion and i can say everything is cool but as a young poet among the great poets around the world, i will like to make a single contribution.

The forum " Poet's United Worldwide" has given many young poets like me a great believe that they can do better & improve in every step of the beautiful work, This forum build raw talent & confidence of the young developing poet, If you may permit me, whether it becomes an international organisation or more well structures group, but it must not lost is flexibility & the chance it gives to young poets.

Thanks

[Doctor Fab]

Hi,

I'm posting this note to maintain both Savita's and Asoke's contributions to our discussion in the proper topic of the Forums. BTW, the reference to national laws in Savita's write (in case of a formal association) is absolutely right.

Cheers

F.

2016-07-01 2:08 GMT+02:00 Mukul Tyagi :

    First of all I think it is commendable that Ellias is trying to organize a chapter for our group in Iran. His enthusiasm and energy is worth praising. However transforming our group to an association would require on group's part to be more organized, more structured and more clear in its goals. By laws have to be specified. It's status as an non profit or for profit association and many more such things have to be made clear. We are a group of international poets but as an association we have to adhere either with international laws or with laws of some specific country.
    Besides all these factors I think we are still a very small group. There is still plenty of room to grow just in the area of poetry writing.

    With best wishes to all

    Savita


2016-06-30 18:07 GMT+02:00 Asoke Kumar Mitra :

    HI, Doctor FAB,
    i welcome the idea of association.pray to god the association a great success.
    with warmest personal regards to the editorial board and thank you.
    sincerely
    asoke kumar mitra

[Ellias Anderson]

Wow! Thank you all for your kind words and also thanks for being frank, there are some points that i need to explain: 

1)  First , i express my deepest condolences to our dear friend Sayeed, for that terrorist attack in Bangladesh, and also to Fabrizio since some of his country-mates have also been killed in that vicious event. we condemn all these terrorists attacks around the world and we hope to see them stop and disappear, that truly made us sad. and also the terrible attack in Istanbul which was so shocking...

2) Maybe i haven't used the correct word, "what i meant by association" is not what some of my dear friends think it is, we already have been an association! see? many people from different countries around the world ,with different view points have shared their hearts, feelings and thoughts for one united goal, "HUMANITY" ! as a young boy, i have been a victim of  Bureaucracy myself and a victim is not going to a be a victim again! what i meant by association is that we in our own countries can find each other, make connections and work together for the high purposes of our mission! and that doesn't mean to ESTABLISH something? i don't think governments force some five people who are working personally on academic or for their own sake to FOLLOW the RULES for FIVE MEMBER-ED groups? that's something clear!  in our countries we cam make online groups, or anything like that and make the roots more powerful! see, I'm an English literature student, i didn't follow medicine to be a surgeon, you know why? because i loved the essence of freedom that was in literature and poetry, because i wanted to escape the boundaries and restrictions in the physical world, to build the ornaments which are long lasting.... even M.O.P is not a governmental group!! but an international network of artists who are organized NOT AS AN association, but what they do was this internal connections! for example, the Germany members who  lived near each other would held meetings once in three months and discuss different plans for one common aim! and they remained and remain FREE people , out of Bureaucracy and even international laws . but this sense of concrete movements of them attracted the attentions from different important places, and even in those places they were themselves, messengers of peace, free and on the wings of peace! we, what are we trying for? why we write poems, stories? to make some changes? to let others see from our points of views? for our own sake? all of them....maybe! 

3) Simple Definition of association. : an organized group of people who have the same interest, job, etc. : a connection or relationship between things or people. : a feeling, memory, or thought that is connected to a person, place, or thing! and you can see that we already have most of the aforementioned elements, so we are an association! we are actually a FREE BOUNDED association! in other words, we're unique and this uniqueness with more individual and more organized cooperation can DO many things for the sake of our common goal! i never meant to go under "RULES, LAWS, or any other boring thing like that! i meant to step one rung further, to "ASSOCIATE , COMMUNICATE, INTERCOMMUNICATE" together in a new level, an update and development! 

Thank you all, this group is just full of love and sympathy! let's fill the world with the word"PEACE"! 

all love and peace,

Elli.

[Doctor Fab]

Dear Friends,

again, we have to mourn the loss of innocent lives.. a number of Italians, Japanese, Bangladeshis - but also an Indian and an American, I've heard, up to now.. have been killed by bloody assassins, psychopaths devoid of the slightest 'humanity'. They are members of the human race, but they have nothing human.. They cry the name of God, Allah, but there is nothing religious in their beliefs.. only Death fills their hollow minds..

Our group was formed last November, after the terror attacks in Paris, when I invited you to participate in the project 'Poetry Against Terror'. But the seeds of terror find fertile ground in the minds of thousands of psychopaths, everywhere.. and they strike.. From France to Pakistan, from Turkey to Egypt, from the US to Somalia and Nigeria, and Belgium and Bangladesh.. and so on..

There are those who say that these last years are the worst.. Yet, extensive violence and mass killings have plagued our history - the history of mankind - since the very beginning.. We, human beings, have not changed.. "there is nothing new under the sun" (Ecclesiastes)
But we cannot accept to bow before the violence -- We will not!

Those void people - those assassins - want to kill our will, first, through fear. But our will is stronger than their hate and their violence. Stronger than their bloody madness.

Poets Worldwide, Unite! 👍

Hug you, Sayed, and hug all of You.

Fabrizio

Jul 2, 2016 , Sayeed Abubakar :

    Almighty Allah save us.
    28 people were killed in terrorist attack in Bangladesh. 9 Italians killed, 7 Japanese, 1 Indian and others are Bangladeshis.
    Pray for us, dear friends. We are in danger.
    Government has declared 2 days national mourning.
    Fabrizio, I feel so shocked for your people.
    Let us stand against terrorism unitedly.



 Jul 2, 2016 , Mithilesh kumar yadav :

Dear all,
Thanx Elias for sharing such a great thought , we off course are always together for any deeds of humanity in way possible, you are doing a great work .
What a way the world is moving and what a mess has happened with humanity .
Such terrorist attacks do hurts a lot , matter less the border it happens and the number it kills foremost is it attacks , devastate and kills humanity .
Let us not just pray and forget , some wounds need to be kept bleeding to feel the pain and agony .
Coward are those who lies , kills , rapes and live with masks ...... Fearless and strong peoples are true , love , give hopes and smiles with there face ......

Cowards are those who spread hatred and terror ,
Fearless and strong peoples spread love and peace .

Proud to be part of such a group.

My heart and my pen together with the peoples at Bangladesh and with peoples of Dr Fab .

As always ....  We together can
Mithilesh  Yadav


 Jul 2, 2016 , Marianne Larsen Reninger :

    As part of the U.S. poets, we find ourselves isolated by miles, but we all feel a kinship being part of this poetic drive for peace and can communicate via email and this group.  See how international interpretation of one word can cause controversy?  And we are a peaceful group.  Communication amongst all our fellow world travelers is the key to understanding and true peace.  Keep writing!  Marianne Larsen Reninger



Jul 2, 2016 , 'Hans Van Rostenberghe' :

        Wonderful end of your message Elias.
        Let us fill the world with peace!
        Let us believe a world of peace is possible!
        Let us believe a world of peace is imminent!
        Let us believe we can contribute to it.

        I am like many others also proud to be part of this wonderful group of people
        Let us go on with this wonderful initiative/ group / association without rules

        Best regards to all

        Hans

        PS: Dr Fab. could we make one topic for the future: a kindness revolution?
        


Jul 2, 2016 , Ellias Aghili :

            Wow! Thank you all for your kind words and also thanks for being frank, there are some points that i need to explain:

            1)  First , i express my deepest condolences to our dear friend Sayeed, for that terrorist attack in Bangladesh, and also to Fabrizio since some of his country-mates have also been killed in that vicious event. we condemn all these terrorists attacks around the world and we hope to see them stop and disappear, that truly made us sad. and also the terrible attack in Istanbul which was so shocking...

            2) Maybe i haven't used the correct word, "what i meant by association" is not what some of my dear friends think it is, we already have been an association! see? many people from different countries around the world ,with different view points have shared their hearts, feelings and thoughts for one united goal, "HUMANITY" ! as a young boy, i have been a victim of  Bureaucracymyself and a victim is not going to a be a victim again! what i meant by association is that we in our own countries can find each other, make connections and work together for the high purposes of our mission! and that doesn't mean to ESTABLISH something? i don't think governments force some five people who are working personally on academic or for their own sake to FOLLOW the RULES for FIVE MEMBER-ED groups? that's something clear!  in our countries we cam make online groups, or anything like that and make the roots more powerful! see, I'm an English literature student, i didn't follow medicine to be a surgeon, you know why? because i loved the essence of freedom that was in literature and poetry, because i wanted to escape the boundaries and restrictions in the physical world, to build the ornaments which are long lasting.... even M.O.P is not a governmental group!! but an international network of artists who are organized NOT AS AN association, but what they do was this internal connections! for example, the Germany members who  lived near each other would held meetings once in three months and discuss different plans for one common aim! and they remained and remain FREE people , out of Bureaucracy and even international laws . but this sense of concrete movements of them attracted the attentions from different important places, and even in those places they were themselves, messengers of peace, free and on the wings of peace! we, what are we trying for? why we write poems, stories? to make some changes? to let others see from our points of views? for our own sake? all of them....maybe!

[Mukul Tyagi]

My thoughts and prayers for the victims of Bangladesh attack. This just keep happening again and again. The resolve for peace and love is what we must express again and again. 

Every time something like this happens I think of our book and hope and pray that the words from all of us brought peace and love to some grieving heart.

Savita

[Doctor Fab]

Hello,

this is for adding to the main topic [regarding our 'Association'] the contributions sent through different emails by the following members (some of whom have also written about the recent loss of other innocent lives in Dhaka, by the hand of terrorists):

2016-07-12 14:41 GMT+02:00 Doctor Fab : [replying to a note Varghese wrote to me]

  

   About our 'Poets Unite Worldwide' as a free Association:

    Indeed, any work is good when all those involved keep giving their best. So let's hope our 'association' (Poets Unite Worldwide) -- formal or informal: not an important point -- keep going along a good path..

    Best
    F.



2016-07-11 18:51 GMT+02:00, Christina Simmons :

I've given much thought for us to unite becoming much closer and as an 'association' sound so much better - it gives more authority.



2016-07-04 20:19 GMT+02:00 Prempeh Dominic : [about Dhaka]

The pain in my heart can't be defined
I'm anxious of when our world would be from bloodshed...
Mongrels step in town; in the skin of humans, and devour lives like vampires.

We should never stop trumpeting; either individually or within groups. Killing a fellow man for any reason is boffoonery. Simple!



July 4, 2016 at 8:54:29 PM UTC+2, Abhilasha Bhatt : [about terrorism]

    I don't know but I really want to know why, for what,for whom human is doing this to other human....we are killing each other but why for whom...those who are planting bombs nd other explosive materials to kill those peoples whom they have never met In fact never seen each other....but they snatched their life those people life's who were innocent....what are the things which led them nd let them to do these horrific nd gruesome crimes.Nowadays the human in us is getting murdered by these brutal incidents around us....Our soldiers....they sacrifice their life for us for our family....they think first for their land for the peoples of their country thereafter they get little time to think about their own family...these are the man of honours....The difference between our death nd their death is...We lost our life They sacrifice their life....for whom..for us...for those peoples whom they have never met...on th other side these terrorists,their organizations...they are not aliens who came from a different planet...they belongs to this world.

    Everyday I pray to God...to help us....to stop all these attacks...the only output of which is cry,scream,lost,destruction nd one step forward towards the end of humanity nd human..

    May lord Ram give strength to those people who lost their loved ones in the attacks..nd RIP all martyr..Jai Shree Krishna



2016-07-03 21:07 GMT+02:00 , Ellias Anderson :

    Dear Negar,

    thank you so much for your kind words, truly we all together and with more internal plannings as you've mentioned can progress and reach new levels, thanks once more for your kind words and energy! and i COMPLETELY do agree with you that the political and religious tendencies are completely absent from this idea! 

    all love and peace Negar,
    Ellias



2016-07-02 21:32 GMT+02:00 , Negar Gorji :

    Dear all,
    As Ellias mentioned, we need to have an association just to make us more powerful. I dont see any political or religious tendency in this idea. I think for extending our ability from only submitting poems we need to have some meetings in each country for its poets and extend our activities to keep our group alive. So I, myself, agree with him. Thats only my idea.

    Cheers,
    Negar Gorji

2016-07-02 20:07 GMT+02:00 Mithilesh kumar yadav :


    Dear all,
    Thanx Elias for sharing such a great thought , we off course are always together for any deeds of humanity in way possible, you are doing a great work .
    What a way the world is moving and what a mess has happened with humanity .
    Such terrorist attacks do hurts a lot , matter less the border it happens and the number it kills foremost is it attacks , devastate and kills humanity .
    Let us not just pray and forget , some wounds need to be kept bleeding to feel the pain and agony .
    Coward are those who lies , kills , rapes and live with masks ...... Fearless and strong peoples are true , love , give hopes and smiles with there face ......

    Cowards are those who spread hatred and terror ,
    Fearless and strong peoples spread love and peace .

    Proud to be part of such a group.

    My heart and my pen together with the peoples at Bangladesh and with peoples of Dr Fab .

    As always ....  We together can
    Mithilesh  Yadav

2016-07-02 18:00 GMT+02:00 Hans Van Rostenberghe :

   

Wonderful end of your message Elias.

    Let us fill the world with peace!
    Let us believe a world of peace is possible!
    Let us believe a world of peace is imminent!
    Let us believe we can contribute to it.

    I am like many others also proud to be part of this wonderful group of people
    Let us go on with this wonderful initiative/ group / association without rules

    Best regards to all

    Hans

    PS: Dr Fab. could we make one topic for the future: a kindness revolution?
    

    Hans Van Rostenberghe
    ---------------------------------



2016-07-02 16:27 GMT+02:00 , Ammar Butt :

    Great idea. Maybe we can do our part in keeping poetry alive.

    Regards,
    Ammar Butt
    Editorial Board Member at The Youth General Assembly Of Pakistan.



2016-07-01 14:52 GMT+02:00 , Abhilasha Bhatt :

    "Poets Unite Worldwide".....a group of poets where no one wants any kind of name and fame.....where every one's concern is only about  the society and humanism....After becoming a part of this group I felt that I exist.....Fab sir  gave me this pleasure to be a small part  of a great group nd a member of Poets Unite Worldwide.......I feel lucky to be the part of a group consists of lots of great poets with great thoughts....being amongst great poets is such a grace of god on me......Thanks a lot Fab sir..:)

    And Our Poets Unite Worldwide as an association would be a great thing if it would  happen.....this will spread our thoughts through our poetry in more effective manner.... this will give more recognition to our projects and the reasons behind them......Thanks to Ellias sir :)......What all of you great poets will decide would be definitely best for all of us and for our great group too.

    Peace ,
    Regards,
    Abhilasha Bhatt

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2016-06-29 19:44 GMT+02:00 Doctor Fab <docto...@gmail.com>:

Dear ALL,

a few days ago [June 25] I got an interesting email from Ellias (see 'Ellias' at the bottom) regarding 'Poets Unite Worldwide' as an 'association'.

I have my own idea about our group of poets, so I tried to explain my personal point of view (see below). But I also wanted to know what a few of our poets think about.. Shrijana and Galina wrote back to me (see their notes: Srijana's and Galina's) and also Ellias added a few lines (see 'Ellias').

Now I think it's your 'turn' to let us know.. if you like..

F.

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My answer to Ellias :

Dear Ellias,
thank you for your email.

I have to admit that I was taken by surprise by your 2nd point..

You know, 'Poets Unite Worldwide' is not a formal association.. no statute, no 'governing body' or 'representatives'.. and no 'membership fee'.. 😇
It is just a free "temporary association": everybody can ask to join one (or all) of our projects (although we reserve the right to 'veto' towards those people we may consider 'not welcome' ).

Such an 'association' was born 17 months ago. It was exactly January 20, 2015 when I wrote an email to Daniel, explaining my idea of what I called "Project Ouverture" [*] . Right after, I invited a number of poets to join the first editorial project.. That 1st project produced (March '15) the book "At the Crossing of 7 Winds", by 7 authors (Daniel, Galina and Mallika were among those first 7, and Galina created the cover). We are now at the 13th step.. and the number of poets has grown since then.. We have chosen a name, "Poets Unite Worldwide", that should represent, in my mind, an invitation and an appeal (: Poets worldwide, unite!), but none of them have sort of ''obligations'' towards this 'free & open' association.

I'd say that this comes from my own 'nature': I consider myself not simply an 'Italian', but a 'Citizen of the World' -- "born in Italy by chance" -- , equal to everybody else - all human beings on planet Earth - in brotherhood. I have an independent mind and the utmost respect for the human values of 'freedom', 'justice' and.. 'privacy'. For such a reason I try to stay far from 'governmental organizations' and the like.. as well as from religious organizations (I am agnostic, but I respect all faiths and religions which abide and honor human life and freedom of conscience, in all their aspects), and from politics which is made for fighting for the 'good of a part', and not for the good of the whole of the population (trying to help those in need, first of all)..

From all the above, I don't see any reason to constitute a 'formal association'. For the sake of whom..? I can't see any reason to change the spirit and nature of what we are. Can you?

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[*] -- I used that term, since I had in mind 'The Ring' ['der Ring des Nibelungen' - both Daniel and I love Wagner], with a number of 'dramas' played by a hundred of poets 🙂

You know, 'The Ring' has a prelude (with 4 scenes) and 3 'epic dramas' (each of them in 3 acts, plus a number of 'scenes').. so you see that I had in mind a good number of 'projects', for a quite large 'poetic orchestra' 😇, using a range of "instruments" to express our poetic emotions and also events of the 'world'.. "At the Crossing of 7 Winds" was the 'ouverture'.. Now we have just started writing the 12th and 13th Movement ('Traditional Haiku' and 'Poetry Any Style').. And the 14th (in August) will be 'Traditional Tanka'..  the 'epic' continues. .😉😇
"magno labore itur ad astra".. 👍

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2016-06-27 Ellias Aghili :

well, what i meant in my previous email was that we can introduce our group to anyone that we know in our country , neighborhood , universities and etc, so the roots of our actions will be stronger and the network can grow more and more for a more powerful international effect! and that's what we do.

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To the 2nd email by Ellias (above), I ANSWERED THAT IT'S A VERY GOOD IDEA
["that's absolutely ok"]
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[Ellias Aghili]

Dear Fabrizio, 

Thank you so much for all these, and thank you my dear friends, dear angels and messengers of peace! 

all love and peace.

Ellias

[Christina Simmons]

Many moons ago poetry was taken very seriously. Now, only a selected few are given recognition and whose words are seen as important.

[Christina Simmons]

Dear all you wonderful poets! I've had some bad news. I'll be admitted into hospital on the 1st August until 3rd. Please wish me the best!

[Mukul Tyagi]

So sorry to know that. Wish you a speedy recovery and a return to home and to your normal life.

Savita

[Doctor Fab]

Best wishes, dear Christina!
I assume you need to undergo some check.. right? Good luck!
F.

Here below, just to remember everybody, our blog and facebook page:

POETS UNITE WORLDWIDE

Blog: https://poetsuniteworldwide.wordpress.com/

Fb Page: https://www.facebook.com/poetsuniteworldwide/

2016-07-15 18:18 GMT+02:00 Mukul Tyagi :

    So sorry to know that. Wish you a speedy recovery and a return to home and to your normal life.
    Savita

2016-07-15 18:15 GMT+02:00 Christina Simmons :

        Dear all you wonderful poets! I've had some bad news. I'll be admitted into hospital on the 1st August until 3rd. Please wish me the best!

2016-07-15 18:01 GMT+02:00 Christina Simmons :

    Many moons ago poetry was taken very seriously. Now, only a selected few are given recognition and whose words are seen as important.

2016-07-15 17:41 GMT+02:00 Adedokun Yewande : [about 'Association']

    I think we need that. it is time the world recognize poetry as fundamentals of life and believe in it. it will help their thinking and understand the world as a system. I agree.

[Doctor Fab]

this is from Asavri:

" I actually was a bit busy with the admissions to college and finally it is done.! "

She then worote about 'Poets Unite Worldwide'  [read her full text below]

CONGRATULATIONS, dear Asavri! 👍💐☺

and thanks for your kind words

Take care
F.

P.S.:  I remember everybody that you can download a free copy of the ebook
'BY LAND & BY SEAS'  on  July 18 / 22
at this link:

• https://www.amazon.com/Land-Seas-Poetry-Refugees-ebook/dp/B01H3N1J10

2016-07-16 9:51 GMT+02:00 Asavri :

    Hello to all my poet friends! 😄 well... first of all I'm late to reply, sorry.😁 I actually was a bit busy with the admissions to college and finally it is done.! I'll soon be returning on Facebook too.

    And now, I would like to thank Sir (Dr. Frosini) for getting all the poets together from different corners of the world! And for giving each and every one of us an opportunity for sharing our work with eachother and with the world. To me, it is a platform, for I just entered the literary world i.e. its the first time I'm sharing my poems. Though I had been writing since i was fourteen. 😊
    I've always been wishing for a united world. And am glad to be a part of 'Poets Unite Worldwide', it gives me peace knowing I'm working for uniting world through words and love.
    I'm only 18 and am happy to be among all seniors.😊 well... according to what i think, i don't know if I'm right because i only have 18 years of experience on Earth and in life ☺ I think if it could be a bit official it would be more easier to reach everyone? Maybe?
    I think there should be an association because then it would be a bit more easier to reach everyone. And as Negar said..., i dont really see any politics or government thing involved in this.
    'Politics' is what makes everything bad. But politics? We come across it in our daily lives too.

    Peace,
    -Asavri

[Birgitta Abimbola Heikka]

Hi Christina,

I wish you the best and a speedy recovery.

Warmest regards,

Birgitta.

bahe...@aol.com

[Doctor Fab]

Dear All,

a few days ago, Ellias asked me to produce 'a page' regarding 'Poets Unite Worldwide'..

I've tried to overcome my daily headache.. and here it is.. not the best, for sure, but it is "a start".. 😇

I've tried to make it a 'collective' paper.. so some of you will probably recognize words they used in this topic..  😉

In attachment you can find a file .doc - but in case someone would experience problems to download it, here is the full text:

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POETS UNITE WORLDWIDE

Our Group of Poets

'Poets Unite Worldwide' represents, in my mind, an invitation and an appeal (: Poets worldwide, unite!), and it is more an open group of poets, an ‘independent community’, than a formal association —but still an ‘Association’ of one hundred and eighteen (at the moment) free minds and spirits.

I'd say that this comes, first, from my own 'nature': I consider myself not just an 'Italian', but a 'Citizen of the World' — "born in Italy by chance" —, equal to everybody else: all human beings on planet Earth, in brotherhood. I have an independent mind and the utmost respect for the human values of 'freedom', 'justice', 'privacy'.. and I dislike almost all kind of ‘formalities’: for such reason I stay away from anything that sounds 'bureaucratic'.

Although living in different countries and continents, we all feel a kinship, being part of this poetic drive for worldwide peace and brotherhood. In such a way, we work together for the highest purposes, as all mankind should do.

I can say that 'Poets Unite Worldwide' was born, in its extended form, in the Autumn of 2015, when I invited tens and tens of poets, worldwide, to join me in writing a poetry compilation on (against) terror, in response to the bloody Paris events of November 13, 2015.

I felt the urge, that time, to began working on a new ebook, 'Poetry Against Terror', and I enlisted ‘my’ community of poets worldwide to help, since I wanted it to become a large collective work: the voice of poets from many different countries, worldwide, who stand up and speak aloud, but without hatred, against the bloody madness of terror.

Astonishingly, 64 Poets from 43 countries lent their pens in the effort, and I wrote, in the introductory note to the book, “we—poets of the world—wish to make our voices resonate in the minds and hearts of all women and men who refuse to be silenced by hate and violence.”

Pamela Sinicrope and Daniel Brick, both of Minnesota, USA, along with Richard Thézé, England, co-edited the collection of diverse poems about terrorism —in Paris and around the world. Cover art was by Galina Italianskaya, Russia.

The project came together quickly, with poets coming from 43 countries, in all continents, including Arab/Islamic countries: Australia, Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Egypt, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Morocco, New Zealand , Nepal, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Uganda, United Kingdom, USA, Zimbabwe.

Poem topics range from a focus on the liberty of France, to the musings of a mother who does not want her child suffering from terrorism, to a young woman who incessantly searches Google for the answers to the terrorism problem, to the story of African villagers who drink from a cow’s horn under a peaceful moon until terrorism takes over. Many of the poets have experienced terrorism first-hand, and this witness is expressed in their writings and their biographies. As Pamela Sinicrope said, “We’ve all been touched by terrorism. For some, the topic hit home after the events in Paris, but for others, terrorism has been a disturbing part of everyday life —these facts are borne out in the poems. The poems speak for themselves”.

The ebook 'Poetry Against Terror' is now available as a free download on Smashwords.com at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/628178

Yet, as a group of poets collaborating together on a variety of projects, we didn’t stop with that first book.

We do have a blog, that Udaya Tennakon created, as well as a Fb page (see below). Since then, we've been continually publishing and growing, and –hopefully– improving as writers.

A few months ago we published the ebook 'Poets Against Inequality', to add our voice to those other unequivocal voices that denounce an absolute lack of equality in our society. The poems collected in this book (as well as the previous one) belong in what is called "Poetry of Witness", and we believe that this is a task that all of us, as poets, have a moral obligation to pursue, because we can't accept to live in a world where extreme poverty is so widespread and sheer inequality is the norm.

Also 'Poets Against Inequality' is available as a free download on Smashwords, at

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/630324

Another project accomplished is a book on the Refugees theme. In March 2016, while looking at an image taken on the border between Greece and Macedonia, I felt the urge to write a poem. From that urge, also a new editorial project was born: the book 'By Land & By Seas', by 'Poets Unite Worldwide', will be on free download next October (2016). And surely, thanking the enthusiasm and energy of many in our group, new projects will follow. Our mission keeps on.

(Fabrizio Frosini)

(on behalf of 'Poets Unite Worldwide')

Our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/poetsuniteworldwide/

Our Blog: https://poetsuniteworldwide.wordpress.com/

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[Birgitta Abimbola Heikka]

I think it is a simple, well-written summary of what the group is about.  It is concise and to the point (guess I'm more formal than you but I think my formality has to do with tradition).  You have started something that draws people of different backgrounds together which is nice because there are many groups out there whose sole intention is to draw people apart--to breed fear and hatred.  

Thank you Dr. Fab for making us part of this ingenious group.

Birgitta.

bahe...@aol.com

[bharati...@gmail.com]

Dear Dr. Fab,

I am immensly happy and proud to be part of this Union of Poets Worlwide .As you rightly said it is a free union .There is no bossism,no bureaucratic authority.All have come together for a noble desire to see this world as a betterplace.Their ideas and noble desire will surely  make formidable impact on society.Thank you for being the driving force of this Big Union.

We are with you in this amazing venture.