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The poems

Poems by local writers and young people are now on display in Nottingham
 

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We are very pleased to announce that the first wave of poems by local writers and young people has been chosen for display!

The chosen poems include the following:

  • Anonymous, ‘Capture of the Five Boroughs’
  • Viv Apple, ‘Starlings’
  • Panya Banjoko, ‘Beside the Pool’
  • Elaine Bowden, ‘5 O’Clock Light’
  • Lord Byron, ‘We'll Go No More A-Roving’
  • Mark Gilbert, Two poems
  • Kevin Jackson, ‘Warser Gate’
  • Sarah Jackson, ‘Friday 12.03’
  • D. H. Lawrence, ‘Things Men Have Made’
  • Sophie Peach, ‘Bittersweet Memory’
  • Anna Seward, ‘Sonnet XVIII’
  • Ioney Smallhorne, from ‘Christianity, Kiffa Beads and Cane’
  • Jai Verma, ‘Relations and Associations’
  • Matthew Welton, ‘A Bird Guide to Nottingham’
 

A huge thank you to Kathryn Towler at the University of Nottingham, who has designed a beautiful set of posters featuring these selected poems, which can now be seen in a number of exciting locations across Nottingham, including Broadway Cinema, Nottingham Contemporary, and Bromley House Library, to name just a few!

 

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Panya Banjoko - Beside the Pool

Panya Banjoko - Beside the Pool
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Nov 16, 2016

Anna Seward - Sonnet XVIII

Anna Seward - Sonnet XVIII
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Nov 16, 2016

Byron - We'll Go No More A-Roving

Byron - We'll Go No More A-Roving
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Nov 16, 2016
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We'd like to thank the following groups for their generous support:

Impact Nottingham Campaign

 

Nottingham City Transport

 

Nottingham City Council

 
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