'Swiss Women's Manifesto' (January 1915) read by Lydie, Sabine and Sue from the Fitzrovia Women Writers (Purple Poets and Friends, Quaker Centre Library projects)

Thursday 22 April 2.30pm

Poetry reading inspired by Quaker Testimonies to Peace

Quaker Centre, Friends House, 173 Euston Rd, London NW1 2BJ

To celebrate the first Quaker Peace Testimony in 1660/1, join us in the Quaker Centre as the Purple Poets and Friends (including work by Miram Halahmy, Peter Daniels, Leslie Wilson, Sue Blundell, Fiona Green, members of The Fitzrovia Women Writers, Katja Schmidt, Bernard Miller, Jeoffrey Bould, Heather Spears, Bithi Das, Islam Molla, Patsy Futatsugi, Nahar Islam, Shelagh Beale, Kim Morrissey, Barry Cole - poetry workshop leader of the Fitzrovia Poetry Workshop) and members of TADs -the Third Age Project's Drama Group, and a special reading by Deanna Johnson of a found poem cycle based on the Boer War Letters of Emiy Hobhouse.

Most of the poets will be reading their own found poems taken from the Peace collections in Friends House Library. This is an on-going project, and this is the first of several workshops and readings.

Our special guest artist Jo WOnder will present her own 'found poetry' Peace collage to the Quaker Centre Library inspired by Quaker texts selected by Kim Morrissey. Quaker Testimonies of Peace

A free event, light refreshments provided. Please register at:www.quaker.org.uk/purplepoets

Event is from 2.30 to 4.00 pm. Wheelchair accessible.

For all enquiries please contact the Quaker Centre quakercentre@quaker.org.uk / 020 7663 1030/41

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found poetry - technique

Purple Poets and Friends and Peace
-purple poets, and other poets taking part in the continuing project:

Shelagh Beale

Daniel Beard

Sue Blundell

Jeffrey Bould

Barry Cole

Peter Daniels

Bithi Das

Patsy Futatsugi

Fiona Green

members of the Fitzrovia Women Writers

Miriam Halahmy

Deanna Johnson

Nahar Islam

Bernard Miller

Islam Molla

Brenda Niskala

Katya Schmidt

Heather Spears

Leslie Wilson

Jo WOnder (artist)

gifts to celebrate the project:
Jo WOnder created a 'found poem' paper collage for the reading,
which was donated to the Quaker Library in celebration of the event,
using words from the pamphlet 'TO ALL WOMEN' (WAR Box 1, pamphlet 5)
published in 1917, for Quaker Women.

The Purple Poets (and others taking part) will be donating the dvd of the reading
and the text of the poems-in-progress to the Library,
and the Purple Poets also presented David Irwin, librarian, Katya Schmidt's
rough translation and correction to the original German Text
in the 'TO ALL WOMEN' pamphlet

Kim Morrissey and the Purple Poets presented the Library with a book for their collection:
Letters from the Boer War: Emily Hobhouse: Boer War letters
edited by Rykie Van Reenen
This edition was published by Human & Rousseau
Cape Town and Pretoria 1984

SOURCES FOR THE FOUND POETRY PROJECT
FROM THE QUAKER CENTRE LIBRARY
EUSTON ROAD
Quaker Library Librarian: David Irwin
project initiator: Beverley Kemp

HISTORY: In a writing workshop held for the Purple Poets on January 21, 2010, at the Quaker Centre, Euston Road, poet Kim Morrissey explained the Found Poetry technique, and librarians Beverley Kemp and David Irwin provided background information about the Quaker Library, History and Quaker Testimonies of Peace. Beverley and David acted as resource people for the project, enabling the Purple Poets to put the material into context.

A second workshop was held by Kim with writers on February 9, 2010 at the British Museum Café. A third workshop, for invited guest poets, attended by Miriam Halahmy and artist Jo WOnder, was held by David and Kim on March 29, 2010. For those poets not familiar with the technique, further one-to-one workshops will be held (in person and by internet) leading up to the event, and Quaker poets will be invited to write their own 'Testimonies of Peace' for the reading. The Third Age Project's drama group TAD began workshopping some of the found poems, in a sequence called 'Troublesome People' under the direction of Gary Kielty.

The first Reading of the Project,
reading poems-in-progress, was held at the Quaker Centre
April 22, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.

FOUND POETRY:
SWISS WOMEN 1917
PAMPHLET box 1/5

FOUND POETRY
February 9th workshop
TO ALL WOMEN! 1917
PAMPHLET box 1/5

TROUBLESOME PEOPLE

MIRIAM HALAHMY
"Letter Home From Russia"
(Crimea War)

"We Do Not Close Our Eyes"
from THE BOY, THE BAYONET, AND THE BIBLE
B. McCall Barbour
PAMPHLET
BOX 242/2
pages 2-17

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OTHER PURPLE POETS' PROJECTS:

ACCESSING THE ARTS
A list of suitable venues and unsuitable venues
for performing (DDA compliant or reasonable adjustments noted)
and for holding meetings (this is an on-going project)

PROJECT: ARTS FOR ALL | ACCESS FOR ALL
-- working with local community galleries, libraries and museums

FIFTH FIELD TRIP (18.03.2010)
National Portrait Gallery, Saint Martins Lane
(The Indian Portrait 1560-1860, invited viewing and NPG workshop)
How to Read a Painting
workshop leaders Fran Wilde and Kim Morrissey
special guest artist and resource person Jo WOnder
additional artist material by Heather Spears

FOURTH FIELD TRIP (18.01.2010)
Quakers Centre Library
Euston Road
(Testimonies of Peace research for April 22nd, 2010 reading)

THIRD FIELD TRIP (24.05.2009)
British Museum, Great Russell Street
(Indian Summer, Garden and Cosmos, invited viewing)

SECOND FIELD TRIP (02.04.2009)
Wellcome Trust Library, Euston Road (Acts of Mercy paintings)

FIRST FIELD TRIP AND ON-GOING PROJECT (05.10.2006)
1930's Stained Glass Windows by Margaret Edith Aldrich Rope, (M.E.A. Rope)
The Crypt, Munster Square
first visit by photographer Tatiana Schenck (09.05.2009)
these windows were commissioned for St. Augustine's (Hackney)

background essay and footnotes: Art in the Crypt
SAINT LEONARD
SAINT GEORGE

more work by The PURPLE POETS
Babushka, Bithi Das, Carol Moon, Eileen Francis, Eppie Caredda, Ferdous Rahman, Serajul Islam Molla, Jean Watt, Kathy Randle, Nahar Islam, Norah Platt, Patsy Futatsugi, Shelagh Beale.