Robert Burns once wrote:
“Peace, thy olive wand extend,
And bid wild War his ravage end,
Man with brother Man to meet,
And as a brother kindly greet…”
Poetry has long played a powerful part in the peace movement.
A way to express despair when faced with a world at a war.
But also a tool of inspiration to change the world for the better.
January 22nd will mark the anniversary of the Treaty on The Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons coming into force. And so, for Burns Night on January 25th, Scottish CND are holding a Peace Poetry Night, at The Renfield Centre, Kirk Lounge, Glasgow, G2 4JP, Thursday 25th January 2024.
Award-winning poet Gerry Loose will host a warming Burns Night of poetry recital, on the theme of Scottish and Peace poems. Funds raised will go towards peacebuilding activities carried out by the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
Whether you can attend the event or not, SCND would love it if you nominated your favourite poem for recital – both on the 22nd and the 25th – within these themes:
a) Peace
b) Scotland/In Scots
c) Both!
Email your poems to Scottish CND Education scnd@banthebomb.org
For more information on booking a space at the poetry night, see the link here
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