Common Language #2: Borders
Pairing poets and activists & academics to unpick the words we hear on the news cycle and social media.
Woolwich Speaks – Photos
Explore the photography from our Woolwich Speaks project, launched on 6 August in London.
Common Language #1: Universal Basic Income
Pairing poets and activists to unpick the words we hear on the news cycle and social media.
Poet in the City Producers 2023
We’re looking for curious, creative and enthusiastic young people in Newcastle and Exeter
Exeter Herstory: An Unfinished Fight for Women’s Rights
Exeter Herstory is the launch of a storytelling series diving into feminist histories to consider new pathways for change.
Newcastle Herstory: An Unfinished Fight for Women’s Rights
We are re-launching Newcastle Herstory, a storytelling series diving into feminist histories and contemporary activist narratives.
Woolwich Speaks – Poetry Trail
This map is for the Woolwich Speaks poetry street trail. The trail was designed by Applied Live Art Studios in collaboration with local residents.
Woolwich Speaks – Film
This film was created as part of the Woolwich Speaks project by Crixus Productions and local filmmakers Salima Kamara and Riordan Tyson
The Woolwich Epic – Rasheeda Page-Muir
The Woolwich Epic poem was written by Rasheeda Page-Muir and inspired by conversations with local Woolwich residents.
Common Language
A new digital series of events, putting poets in conversation with activists and academics to unpick the words heard across the news and social media.
Vacancy: Creative Administrator (Kickstart Placement)
Poet in the City are looking for a Creative Administrator as part of the UK Government’s Kickstart scheme.
???? | The Key – Shamim Azad
“A sense of loneliness and frustration.I feel I have lost control of my own life.”?? ?????? ????? ????? ?? ???????? ???????? ?? ????? ???? ??? ???? ?????? ????? ?????? ??? ???? ????? ?????? ?????? ????? ?? ??? ?????? ?????? ????? ????? ???, ?? ?? ???? ????????? ???? ???? ???? ????? ??????? ?????? ????, ????? ????,…
A Mnemonic Device – Clare Pollard
What do you remember?The disorientation? That sense a tidal wavewas coming in slow motion? The thumping restless grainof nights no one could sleep, when each breath tried to washyou back from some dark sea? Were you very lonely,your mother in a fortress; too much time to think,screaming, shut down, listless? Perhaps you heard that bleepingmonitor…
Cibaaro | Phenomenon – Mohamed ‘Haykal’ Abdi
Dunida afarteeda cidhifDhowaan cudurkii ku fidayMuxuu cidhib xumo ka tegay Muxuu cabsi baday arladaMaxaa laga caagay nabadCidhiidhi maxaa la galay Masiibadu waa cibreeDadkoo qabay caafimaadCibaaro kolkay dul timiMuxuu samihii car jabay Cirroole awood darraaKolkii caabuqani ku dhacayMuxuu cabbudhkii xarbiyay! Maxaa cisi ruux lahaaCalaamadihii jirradaKolkii laga helay ciyoonMaxaa la cidleeyay keli! Caa’ilo aan wada jeclaynMarkuu cudurkani…
Crick Institute Vaccination Centre Poem – John Hegley
Quotes are verbatim, from the survey of those being vaccinated at the Institute. People have been coming here, to receive the vaccinationand have expressed their feelings and divulgedtheir situationto be made into our poems, for the public observation. What has been worst about this time and what, perhaps the best?Some reveal the sadness of the…
National Producers Taskforce Report, June 2021
The National Producers Taskforce June 2021 report outlines why the creative industries should be investing in young, diverse producing talent, and our ambitions and action plan for the wider sector.
Purgatory – Fathima Zahra
It’s like I’m back in the flat again – its walls, sun-licked and sand-swept the smell of baby powder and wet wipes. Mum asks us to wash our hands and shed the outside before we crossthe threshold of her bedroom to hold my baby sister. Dayspour into nights, the din of trafficand azaan is all I know of…
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