Untold Stories: Poetry at English Heritage
Untold Stories – Poetry at English Heritage took place in the autumn of 2020. Through new commissions, a poetry exchange and a public competition the programme allowed us to experience English Heritage sites in new ways and offered opportunities for everyone to explore our past through poetry. The programme was co-curated by Jacob Sam-La Rose, English Heritage’s Poet in Residence. This digital anthology brings together a collection of works written as part of the programme. It features poems written in Shout Out Loud workshops led by Malika Booker; as part of the Untold Stories Poetry Competition; and by commissioned poets Esme Allman, Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Jay Bernard, Malika Booker, Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa and Jacob Sam-La Rose. english-heritage.org.uk/untold-stories
Untold Stories – Poetry at English Heritage took place in the autumn of 2020. Through new commissions, a poetry exchange and a public competition the programme allowed us to experience English Heritage sites in new ways and offered opportunities for everyone to explore our past through poetry. The programme was co-curated by Jacob Sam-La Rose, English Heritage’s Poet in Residence.
This digital anthology brings together a collection of works written as part of the programme. It features poems written in Shout Out Loud workshops led by Malika Booker; as part of the Untold Stories Poetry Competition; and by commissioned poets Esme Allman, Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Jay Bernard, Malika Booker, Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa and Jacob Sam-La Rose.
english-heritage.org.uk/untold-stories
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I need to get out<br />
I am asking for help<br />
into the unknown lands<br />
how to speak<br />
like a lion<br />
Morgan<br />
can you feel it too<br />
a rubbish heap<br />
Morgan<br />
last week<br />
she had it coming<br />
are getting scarier<br />
a wilderwoman<br />
wearing nothing<br />
and sleep on grass<br />
Morgan I want<br />
of this castle<br />
Morgan take me<br />
I want to learn<br />
without feeling<br />
Merlin-ed out to sea<br />
something bad is coming<br />
the badness mounting like<br />
waiting to be burnt<br />
Merlin took a pitchfork to a girl<br />
said<br />
the decisions<br />
let me be<br />
let me walk out<br />
but my hair<br />
I want to sleep<br />
these dreams<br />
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