Be inspired by Tony Walsh's poem, Take This Pen, to speak your truth in a poem. Then, in sharing this film, inspire others: it doesn't matter who you are, or what you are, poetry creates a space where you can speak your truth.
Tony, with artist Chris Riddell, is helping National Poetry Day find the next RU-vid poetry star. If you're Uk based and 18 or over, you're eligible for the #SpeakYourTruthPoem competition, which Tony and Chris are judging (alongside RU-vid star Savannah Brown, Insta poet Nikita Gill and footballer Marvin Sordell.)
Footballer? Yes, Marvin, the former England under-21 striker - who played in the Premier League and in the 2012 Olympics with Team GB - took on his depression after coming across Tony's book SEX & LOVE & ROCK&ROLL in a bookshop. He speaks about this in Tell Me The Truth About Life: 100 Poems That Matter - an anthology of poems celebrating truth.)
The competition closes on 3 Oct 2019. Basically you enter by uploading a video of yourself speaking a poem you've written about a truth that matters to you, with the tag #SpeakYourTruthPoem. And email us when you've done it on truth@nationalpoetryday.co.uk.
For full competition entry details, visit: bit.ly/2jVahl2.
For Tell Me The Truth About Life: amzn.to/2lS1OQ5
This competition is run by the charity Forward Arts Foundation with the support of The Space UK.
www.thespace.org/
nationalpoetryday.co.uk/
Take This Pen written and performed by Tony Walsh (c) Tony Walsh | Longfella Ltd Used by kind permission, all rights reserved.
First published in SEX & LOVE & ROCK&ROLL, Burning Eye Books 2013
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Take this Pen film was made for Forward Arts Foundation by Jo Elliott of Topic Films (www.topic-films.com), with music by Jon Ouin (www.jonouin.com)
4 сен 2019
