GLASGOW - city of poets

Confidence, self-esteem, and social cohesion, for poet and for community alike, can build through a Poet Laureate, who celebrates and records people and place.

 

We have secured a small fund to kick-start this project and are applying for further small funds  to match it.

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The project aims are to:

• establish a Poet Laureate for all 23 wards of Glasgow

• establish an Internet register of Glasgow poets, including a brief bio and examples of their work

• work with schools, prisons, and community organisations to develop poetry in all its forms

• work with Glasgow Life libraries as hubs for poetry information and workshops

• work with parks to establish wooden plaques to display poems from past and present Scottish poets

• work with the Places Commission to exhibit poetry on the sides of derelict buildings

• establish links with Glasgow subway for poetry displays within the carriages

• monetise the project for the benefit of poets and neighbourhoods

• eventually have, Glasgow - City of Poets, as an established nomenclature for the city

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