The Open Doors program at Roosevelt Island’s Coler Hospital:
… supports the creativity and leadership of people who have been harmed by street violence and live in a long-term care facility. Through storytelling, poetry, hip-hop and more, OPEN DOORS members inspire action for safer, more just communities…
Open Doors is seeking submissions from creative Roosevelt Island writers who wish to participate in an upcoming Poetry anthology. According to Open Doors:
OPEN DOORS SEEKS POETRY SUBMISSIONS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR AN ANTHOLOGY OF REALNESS, RESILIENCE AND HEALING EDITED BY OPEN DOORS REALITY POETS
Please email your poems to jat641@nyu.edu
DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 15
OPEN DOORS supports the creativity and leadership of people who have been harmed by street violence and live in a long-term care facility. Through storytelling, poetry, hip-hop and more,
OPEN DOORS members inspire action for safer, more just communities.
Here’s a sample of work from Open Doors Reality Poet Micah Harris:
THIS WHEELCHAIR LIFE IS NOT A GAME EVER SINCE I GOT PARALYZED
LIFE HAS NEVER BEEN THE SAME
BUT I WILL NEVER BE ASHAMED
TO LET THE WHOLE WORLD KNOW MY STRUGGLES AND MY PAIN
and video
from works of Open Doors poets.
Please email your poems to jat641@nyu.edu
