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PURPLE POETS
DIWALI
LIGHTS
written Thursday
08.11.2007
first performed at the
Third Age Project
(T.A.P.) 10th Anniversary Tea Dance
9.11.2007
also performed 30.10.2008
for the Mayor of Camden, Nural Islam
(KIM, LIGHTING PURPLE DIWALI TEA-LIGHT)
One tiny light lights other lights
Like stars, rejoicing
We share India's joy.
(EPPIE, LIGHTING DIWALI PURPLE TEA-LIGHT)
DIWALI LIGHTS
Star lights, star bright!
How I wish I could reach them out!
Like this candlelight
That I could touch
And feel the warmth
Of the flame in my hands
And the feeling of joy
In our hearts!
(SHELAGH, LIGHTING DIWALI PURPLE TEA-LIGHT):
DIWALI
Candlelight, starlight
Like the first dawn
The beginning
Everything new, fresh, bright
(ISLAM):
DIWALI LIGHTS
I am holding my God in my hand.
I can feel His Warmth
In my body and soul,
God is Light to me.
God is everything
From Cradle
We dedicate this performance
to our dear friend and Purple Poet Kathy Randle,
who died November 7th, 2007.
Her flame of inspiration
still burns bright.
from
DIWALI LIGHTS: A POEM PERFORMANCE
performed for Councillor Nural Islam, The Worshipful Mayor Of Camden,
West Euston Time Bank Eid and Diwali Celebration at the H-Pod, Cumberland
Market at 2:30 p.m. on 30.10.2008
This poem is part of a poem-sequence, composed and performed by Kim
Morrissey, Eppie Caredda, Shelagh Beale, and Islam Molla at the Diwali
Celebrations and T.A.P. Tenth Anniversary Tea-Dance of the West Euston Third
Age Project on 09.11.2007 at the Dick Collins Hall. It was also performed
by Kim Morrissey, Eppie Caredda, Ferdous Rahman (reading for Shelagh Beale),
and Islam Molla for the Worshipful Mayor of Camden, Nural Islam, on
30.11.2009 as part of the West Euston Time Bank Eid and Diwali celebrations
at the H-Pod, Cumberland Market.
(In 2008, as Shelagh had to leave the celebrations early, she opened the
celebration with her poem 'How To Read a Poem' and then left to prepare
lunch for her friend. Shelagh's Diwali poem was read by Ferdous
Rahman.)
West Euston Purple Poets 2004 - onwards - Babushka, Bithi Das,
Carol Moon, Eileen Frances, Eppie Caredda, Florence Knight, Ferdous Rahman,
Jean Watt, Kathy Randle, Serajul Islam Molla, Norah Platt, Nurunnahar Islam,
Patsy Futatsugi, Sheila Green, Shelagh Beale, Kim Morrissey (tutor).
Guest Poets: Rose Hacker (Norah Platt Prize Presenter, October
2006; guest: 10th Anniversary T.A.P. June 2007; rewriting workshop November
2007), Heeron Begh (National Poetry Day, October 2005), Wendy French,
(National Poetry Day, October 2006), Andrew Motion (National Poetry
Day, October 2005), David Neita (Black History Month, October, 2005;
National Poetry Day, October 2006), Brenda Niskala (Camden Green Fair
June 2006), Richard Price (National Poetry Day, October 2006), Lennox
Raphael (Black History Month Celebration October 2007) Sudeep Sen
(National Poetry Day Virtual Guest, 2006, Camden Green Fair 2008), Henry
Woolf (National Poetry Day Guest 2007). Friends of the Purple Poets
(and poets or secret poets): Councillors Penny Abraham, Jill Fraser,
Arthur Graves, Roger Robinson.
Date: 30.10.2008 |
