Rain of poems London 2012

"Rain of Poems is planned to take place over London on Tuesday 26th June 2012 at 9 pm. One hundred thousand poems printed on bookmarks by over 300 contemporary authors from 204 countries will fall from a helicopter over Jubilee Gardens during Poetry Parnassus as the sun sets. Poetry Parnassus is set to be one of the largest poetry festivals ever staged in the UK bringing together poets and spoken-word artists from all over the world. Rain of Poems, created by Casagrande, sees poems dropped over cities bombed during military confrontations in the past. The bookmarks are released at twilight and printed in two languages with texts written by both Chilean poets and writers native to the location of the Rain of Poems. It has been held in Berlin, Germany (2010), Warsaw, Poland (2009), Guernica, Spain (2004), Dubrovnik, Croatia (2002), and Santiago, Chile (2001). London will be the sixth city to host Rain of Poems. This performance creates an alternative image of the past and is a gesture of remembrance as well as being a metaphor for the survival of cities and people"--Case wrapper.