Month: March 2017

Open Heart Farming poetry – Have a look!

Open Heart Farming ’16 and call for submissions for Open Heart Farming 2017!

So this is what an issue of Open Heart Farming looks like. A legal-size sheet of paper with about 20 poems. Tiny but mighty! This is the little note on the front of Open Heart Farming 2016.

Farming is a profession of hope.
~ Brian Brett

I am delighted to share these poems by Nova Scotia poets who share food and farm affection, recollections and reflections, humour, and calls to action. Open Heart Farming poetry is dedicated to our food providers and all who love to get dirt under their nails.

OHFarming 2016 Team: Georgia Atkin, Lois Brison Brown, Paul Brown, and Mary Ellen Sullivan.

Dedicated to those who dream of the day when there will be food for all.

Mary Ellen Sullivan
Open Heart Farming Poetry Harvester

Get a taste of OHFarm’16 here:

Open Heart Farming 2016

Open Heart Farming poet Jane Marshall at launch of Open Heart Farming 2016, Halifax Central Library.

Open Heart Farming 2017 – Call for submissions!

Mary Ellen Sullivan holding painting by Open Heart Farming poet Scot Jamieson
Fall in love with the poetry of the land! ~ Mary Ellen Sullivan

I’d like to invite you to participate in my little poetry project, Open Heart Farming  – food and farming themed poetry by residents of Nova Scotia. This year we’ll be publishing the sixth annual issue of Open Heart Farming. I’ll be sharing tales about Open Heart Farming in future posts.

Open Heart Farming Poetry 2017: Call For Submissions.

Fall in love with the poetry of the land! Residents of Nova Scotia are invited to submit original poems, verses, or rhymes about farming or food for the sixth annual issue of Open Heart Farming.

Guidelines: We ask that poems not exceed 28 lines long (not including title and your byline) and 43 letters wide. This is due to the formatting of the issue and allows us to publish approximately 20 poems. We can sometimes include slightly larger poems and love little ones like haiku.  Visit https://ohforgery.com/open-heart-farming/  to see previous issues and learn more about Open Heart Farming poetry.

Please include one or two paragraphs about yourself, your relationship to farming and/or food, what inspired your poem, and where you live in Nova Scotia.  Submit up to three poems to openheartfarming@gmail.com

Visit https://ohforgery.com/open-heart-farming/  to see previous issues and learn more about Open Heart Farming poetry.

Deadline for submissions:  April 30, 2017.