TheatreWorkers Project participated in the International No Labels No Walls Digital Festival in August 2021. Check out our work in this video.
An international group effort, led by Marlene McCurtis and Susie Tanner from TheatreWorkers Project, created the poetry featured in the video. The following two poems about “Hope For Justice” were results of this collaborative work.
Poem #1
Meet me in the warmth of seeing change
A world of possibility
Where we see each other for who we are,
No added labels
For a sea change, we need to be change,
To put down our devices and see what is important
Humanity and Understanding
Recognizing each one of us as worthy
Taking a chance on justice and peace
Expanding love and kindness
The deepest sea is inside of us
This hope for humanity
We do what we do out of love
Our arms stretched long
As the ocean, deep as the sky
We have only just begun.
Seeing all that needs to be
In the warmth of
A world of possibility
Poem #2
It’s all about the fears
There is a diamond in every ounce of lost dreams
All the things I couldn’t handle, burn like candles
I stand on these two feet and the ground is heavy under them,
And in the end, as the flame drowns, I am free
I see further shores as a reflection from clouds
I thought were darker than inside of my mind
I thought it was the end
But it was tomorrow shining through
I see you now, not like a memory or a shadow, but as a feeling, as hope
Thinking about all of us, not just me,
I want to raise these hands to greet, not to make you fear
Making new connections
Celebrating Life
Joining others to create change
Peace is active.
Poem Contributors
- Aimee Levesque (USA)
- Christopher Simpson (USA)
- Daisy Hong (Vietnam)
- Denny (USA)
- Dominique Beltran (USA)
- Donny Glenn (USA)
- Duncan Martinez (USA)
- Elizabeth Beltran (USA)
- Hilppa Lampi (Finland)
- John Ma (USA)
- Jonny (Scotland)
- Keith Etherington (Scotland)
- Kevin O’Brien (USA)
- Leila Ayoub (UK)
- Nyslie Guerrier (USA)
- Rubén Funkahuatl Guevara (USA)
- Tue Huynh (USA)
- Markus Vahala (Finland)
- Meri Pakarinen (USA)
- Michael Bierman (USA)
- Michael McCarty (USA)
Art in the Video by Artists from the Prison Arts Collective (USA)
- Perea – “Fluidity”
- Tran – “I Know Why the Toucan Sings”
- Gavney – “Keep Watch Over Yourselves and The Whole Flock”
- Rodriguez – “Marylin”
- Nyguen – “My Choice of Weapon”
- Quintero – “Problem Solver”
- Stuart – “Spectre of Hope”
- Groneman – “The Experience of Incarceration”
- May – “Tools of Freedom”
- Tecero – “Waning Hope”
Thanks to all!
