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A Comparative History of Fire - Momtaza Mehri
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Intimations - Momtaza Mehri
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Momtaza Mehri
B. 1994
"I digress. Let’s live in digression. We have no other choices.", from the poem Haematology #1
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Why can’t a K be beautiful and magick? - Victoria Adukwei Bulley
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For Tyrone Givans - Raymond Antrobus
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Basquiat asks the poet about Death - Nick Makoha
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Victoria Adukwei Bulley
B. 1991
“I myself am bored / of fig leaves, of shames / I did not choose” – from ‘About Ana’
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Keith Jarrett
B. 1984
“..and only they, children, excellent students of their own self worth, do know the value of their lives - from 'Outside St Dominic's Priory. Snapshot, July 2015'”
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Yomi Sode
B. 1984
“To archive poems that may speak to current or younger generations of writers feels incredible. I’m thankful to join a list of iconic figures who inspire me to craft my work to the best it can be.”
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Nick Makoha
B. 1974
“The English language is nobody's special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself” – Derek Walcott