Poets Respond to Covid-19: Collaborative UK and International Poetry Project

我们的项目建议将诗歌的写作、交流、出版和讨论作为一种重要的文化回应，使英国（和全球）公众在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间的处理、治疗和福祉受益。我们的方法包括编辑一本针对COVID-19的30位诗人选集（15位英国/ 15位其他国家），并附带一个互动网站，使公众能够集体参与/参与诗歌。CI和PI将把诗歌作为应对COVID-19的一种模式，在一篇多格式的文章中讲述我们的当代时刻，并在其他危机历史诗歌的背景下（发表在同行评审期刊上，也发表在选集/网站上）。该网站（由PI/CI编辑）将减轻封锁的距离和隔离效果，邀请人们参与与covid -19相关的诗歌表演和问答环节的论坛讨论。它还将为公众提交的诗歌提供一个精心策划的平台，以应对COVID-19。目标受众包括那些遭受丧亲之痛、身心健康问题和需要“幸福”的人（与长期发表的关于阅读和/或“反思性”诗歌写作的治疗价值的研究一致）。这本纸质书（2021年1月1日出版）对COVID-19进行了即时、静态的艺术回应。该网站将在合同提议开始（2020年6月）后的12个月内进行编辑，以实现动态持续响应，探索病毒的影响，因为它需要不断变化的参与模式。该网站进一步提出了其遗产存档和数字技术示范使用的价值，使话语（在这种情况下是诗歌）在这次危机和未来的封锁期间可以自由获取。

Our project proposes the writing, exchange, publication and discussion of poetry as a significantcultural response, benefiting the UK (and global) public's processing, healing, and wellbeing duringthe COVID-19 pandemic. Our approach includes editing an anthology of 30 poets (15 UK / 15 othercountries) responding to COVID-19, and an accompanying interactive website enabling collectivepublic participation/engagement with poetry. CI and PI will situate poetry as a mode of responseto COVID-19 in a multi-format essay speaking to our contemporary moment and within thecontext of other historical poetries of crisis (published in a peer-review journal, and also theanthology/website). The website (edited by PI/CI) will mitigate distancing and isolating effects oflockdown, inviting people to engage in forum discussions of COVID-19-related poeticperformances and Q&A sessions. It will also provide a curated platform for public-submittedpoetry responding to COVID-19. Target audiences include those suffering bereavement, physical ormental health issues, and those in need of 'wellbeing' (in line with the long-published researchregarding the therapeutic value of reading and/or 'reflexive' writing of poetry). The print book(published 01/2021) formulates an immediate, static artistic response to COVID-19. The websitewill be edited for 12 months from the contract's proposed start (06/2020), enabling dynamicongoing responses, exploring the impact of the virus as it requires ever-changing modes ofengagement. The website further proposes value in its legacy-archiving and its exemplary use ofdigital technologies, enabling discourse (in this case, poetry) to be freely accessible during thiscrisis and future lockdowns.