Call for Poems on the topic of epidemics, illness, medicine, death and healing

The virus that causes Covid-19 is currently spreading around the world and humanity is suffering

We, at the Armenian Poetry Project, believe poetry has a unique role in these times, when the soul is drowning in news and apathy

APP would like to hear from you, budding poets, young and old, and, poetry readers

Send us your poems in response to Covid-19, or poems which help you deal with this issue, and we will publish them

This call for poems is open to our Armenian readers worldwide

APP holds the right to select or reject poems

Send to ArmenianPoetryProject[at]gmail[dot]com

 your original work, or the work by an Armenian author you admire

Subject line should be EPIDEMIC POETRY

In the body of the email: your full name, city, state, country 

Your original poem (in Armenian, French, English) 
OR, the work you selected by an Armenian poet, TYPED, with poet's name and if applicable the translation and translator's full name

Poems should NOT be excerpts and please check your spelling 

Deadline for submissions: June 1, 2020

Thank you,

Lola Koundakjian
Curator and Producer of The Armenian Poetry Project
ArmenianPoetryProject[at]gmail[dot]com