N.Y. Poet Pamela Hart is Named War Poetry Postcard Project Finalist

New York state poet Pamela Hart has been named one of three finalists has been named one of three finalists in the inaugural War Poetry Postcard Project (WPPP) , a literary arts experiment to promote empathy and conversation on the effects of war and violence. It is co-sponsored by Middle West Press LLC and Collateral Journal . Hart is writer-in-residence at the Katonah Museum of Art in Katonah, N.Y. The author of the poetry collection Mothers Over Nangarhar (Sarabande Books), she is also a poetry editor for Afghan Voices and the Afghan Women's Writing Project, and assistant non-fiction editor for Consequence Forum . The War Poetry Postcrard Project contest encouraged short poems engaging themes relevant to armed conflict, state violence, and military service. Hart’s winning poem describes a dream-like, liminal time-space that interconnects mothers of all eras and nations . The poem begin...