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St. Paul’s Festival - Muneera Pilgrim
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The Colour of James Brown’s Scream - Kayo Chingonyi
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Derek Walcott

B. 1930 D. 2017

2 poems available

“What's poetry, if it's worth its salt, / but a phrase men can pass from hand to mouth?”

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"Tempest has forged their own voice, unlike anything else in the mainstream poetry world." - The Independent

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7 poems available

Poetry gives people the power to make their voices heard. -- Toni Stuart

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What thou lovest well remains, / the rest is dross / What thou lov'st well shall not be reft from thee / What thou lov'st well is thy true heritage -- Ezra Pound, Canto LXXXI

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A haunting music full of subtlety of thought and religious echoes. -- Charles Bainbridge, The Guardian

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'Out of this zany dark and ice we will carry/longing and the sun in our eyes forever.' Christine De Luca, Light Show at the Botanics

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All books are merely delayed dust. - George Elliott Clarke

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Catherine Byron's poems write themselves where they ought: on the inside of your skin. Hilary Mantel

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Kamau Brathwaite

B. 1930 D. 2020

4 poems available

His technique dazzles, and through the handling of rhythm and image he makes the world his own, and ours - The Sunday Times

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Here is a poet with a commanding style; her voice is entirely her own, both rich and laconic - Penelope Shuttle

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