Month One: the source and the poem
Roger Robinson
"Objects and images took on weight and meaning beyond their use or vision."
Recollections of the bleak cold and seeping sadness of the first years in the UK from Trinidad in the 1980s.
Sad Song of Plantain poem
by Roger Robinson
'I lie as quiet as death in this ‘three for two pounds’ cardboard box'
Free Will
by Will Harris
Will Harris reads his poem, 'Free Will'. Directed by Matthew Thompson and commissioned by the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation.
Half Written Love Letter
by Selina Nwulu
Selina Nwulu reads her poem, 'Half Written Love Letter'. Directed by Matthew Thompson and commissioned by the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation.
Reggae Story
by Hannah Lowe
Hannah Lowe reads her poem, 'Reggae Story' inspired by her Jamaican father, Chick. Directed by Matthew Thompson and commissioned by the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation.
The City Kids See the Sea
by Roger Robinson
Roger Robinson reads his poem, 'The City Kids See the Sea'. Directed by Matthew Thompson and commissioned by the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation.
Valediction
by Gabriel Gbadamosi
Gabriel Gbadamosi reads his poem, 'Valediction'. Directed by Matthew Thompson and commissioned by the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation.
In Olney River
by Roger Robinson
Exploring the feeling of being watched by white families as a black man, while submerged in Olney River
The Quiet Ear
by Suzanne Harrington
The Quiet Ear by poet Raymond Antrobus explores what it is to be deaf in the world of the hearing through his own upbringing and the lives of other deaf artists
Poems of resistance
Forouz Zarei
"Leaving Iran felt like a kind of death. But after Woman, Life, Freedom, I told myself: Be who you are."
Forouz Zarei on the healing power of art.