by Kate Birch | Oct 22, 2021 | Filmpoems
History, storytelling and escape from slavery in 17th and 18th Century London Between the 1650s and 1780s many hundreds of enslaved people were brought to London. Most were African although a significant minority were South Asian and a smaller number...
by Desree | Oct 7, 2021 | Filmpoems
my grandfather’s dentition looks like a bad floor tiling but I love it. my new routine is playing hide and seek In the spaces between his 92 yr. old teeth. I cling to the roof of his mouth when he flosses, hoping to find his recipe for...
by Desree | Sep 22, 2021 | Filmpoems
Swansong After the leaves left, a chill wind came with a day to blow in my hometown. It was a cold return to places that had gone, to remain a second city. The castle’s skull still stared over the ruins Of scrolled Victoriana, lost in a...
by Fahad Al-Amoudi | Aug 19, 2021 | Filmpoems
In the Queue in the Waitrose Cafe, I Meet My Love The man next to me in the queue is gorgeous.
It starts with him telling me I’ve dropped my pen and I pick it up, though it’s not mine. I’m almost sure he knew that anyway so we talk about...
by Fahad Al-Amoudi | Aug 4, 2021 | Filmpoems
We’re very grateful to be able to re publish ‘Swells’, a project in which artists have responded to the pressures on their craft in the middle of lockdown. In the words of the project: After a year of profound creative challenges,...
by Fahad Al-Amoudi | Jul 2, 2021 | Filmpoems
Thoughts from my morning coffee cup ‘Meet you in memory Present time has forgot Thoughts burn Like kerosene Cold blood now Feels hot.’ Emilie Inger Camilla Branford is a bilingual Fine Art graduate based in Kent. Her practise is...
