by Kate Birch | May 21, 2022 | News
Poem for Grant my body is no place to be stuck in (Grant Tarbard: A Rosary of Ghosts) Each time you went away, you brought back news – how it was to look down at yourself – perfect accounts of the soul’s own grief. When you left for the last time your body was...
by Kate Birch | May 11, 2022 | Video
Since 21st October of last year when we launched Runaways London, the project has gone from strength to strength. In late March, poets Gboyega Odubanjo and Abena Essah were part of a Lloyds of London insurance industry event to mark the United Nation’s...
by Kate Birch | May 9, 2022 | News, Picks of the Month
The poem is so inspiring and makes me feel empowered As another voter put it: ‘This poem takes you by surprise…’ The title points you in one direction and then you follow it through to a completely different destination. It is for this reason, then,...
by Kate Birch | May 1, 2022 | News
A Step-By-Step Guide To Saving The British Dream First, remove all chocolate, leaving only a legally approved Dream bar. Separate the blood and sweat of children from the wealth generated by those satanic mills Look past industrialised...
by Kate Birch | Apr 14, 2022 | News, Picks of the Month
It is spare, subtle and profound. These words that really do sum up Hiram Larew’s superb poem ‘Hardly’ and are an illustration of why it has been voted as the Pick of the Month for March 2022. Voters read his poem again and again to gauge the meaning behind his subtle...