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St. Paul’s Festival - Muneera Pilgrim
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When They Speak of Muslims - Muneera Pilgrim
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Divine Light - Muneera Pilgrim
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by Nairn Kennedy
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by Ubaldimir Guerra
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Stephen Lightbown – 10 poems from ‘The Last Custodian’ - Stephen Lightbown
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The blue butterfly - Richard Berengarten
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Clean out the house - Richard Berengarten
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The Battle of Maryville - Joelle Taylor
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Joelle Taylor
B. 1967
'To write a poem as a working-class woman is an act of courage, of resistance. To perform it is a revolution' – Joelle Tayor
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Malika Booker
B. 1970
“She is a black statue in a whitewashed wooden chair, a dilapidated board house, sitting still till dusk spreads her silk petticoat across the sagging sky and bats swarm into the evening’s canvas.”