The time has come for communities to stand up as one for threatened individuals. One person can be shot, beaten, or killed but voices that Say NO! say a big Yes to the truth. That all of us are equal. That we have a right to freedom of expression.
We have to keep saying NO! In these poems, stylistic excellence is important but more vital is the expression of the spirit of resistance that has come from all Nations in TIME TO SAY NO! We have only just begun. The world can no longer be separated by barriers of geography, race, gender, and age. Together we can make a difference. We must challenge all others to join in with their daily positive action and say: NO! For it is TIME TO SAY: NO!
Philo Ikonya & Helmuth A.Niederle
TIME TO SAY NO
ITALIAN STUDIES in SOUTHERn AFRICA
Italian Studies in Southern Africa
Editor Philo Ikonya & Helmuth Nedierle
PEN Austria
Time to say NO
Edited by Anna Meda
Vol 26 n°2 - 2013
La poesia nei giorni della paura
‘‘Il segno dei nostri giorni, dietro il bagliore nitido di sensazioni mai provate prima, sembrò essere, per lungo tempo, l’incertezza. Le domande alle quali nessuno sembrava in grado di offrire una risposta. Così ci siamo ritrovati, ignorando distanze, forse come mai intimamente legati, sotto il segno della Poesia. Tornando ad essere quei “Cronisti, brevi e astratti, del proprio tempo”, cari a Shakespeare. Tutti insieme, a redigere il diario dell’inquietudine di giorni distanti, eppure così vicini. La narrazione emotiva, emozionale, di un mondo che continua a chiedere di essere salvato dalla bellezza.’’ — Milton Fernández
TIME TO SAY NO
Time to say NO
Editor Philo Ikonya & Helmuth Nedierle
The time has come for communities to stand up as one for threatened individuals. One person can be shot, beaten, or killed but voices that Say NO! say a big Yes to the truth. That all of us are equal. That we have a right to freedom of expression.
We have to keep saying NO! In these poems, stylistic excellence is important but more vital is the expression of the spirit of resistance that has come from all Nations in TIME TO SAY NO! We have only just begun. The world can no longer be separated by barriers of geography, race, gender, and age. Together we can make a difference. We must challenge all others to join in with their daily positive action and say: NO! For it is TIME TO SAY: NO!
Philo Ikonya & Helmuth A.Niederle
PEN Austria
ITALIAN STUDIES OF SOUTHER AFRICA
Italian Studies of Southern Africa
Edited by Anna Meda
Vol 26 n°2 - 2013