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Malika Booker is the author of ‘Breadfruit’ (Flipped Eye Publishing, 2007) and ‘Pepper Seed’ (Peepal Tree Press, 2013), which was longlisted for the 2014 OCM Bocas Prize and shortlisted for the 2014 Seamus Heaney Centre Prize. More recently, she has won the 2019 Cholmondeley Award and the 2020 Forward Prize for Best Single Poem.

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The Word for Wood

by Will Burns

The Word for Wood - Will Burns

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Photograph of Chet Baker

by Will Burns

Photograph of Chet Baker - Will Burns

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Transmission

by Will Burns

Transmission - Will Burns

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A Summer Blues

by Will Burns

A Summer Blues - Will Burns

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A Man Made of Water

by Will Burns

A Man Made of Water - Will Burns

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A Comparative History of Fire

by Momtaza Mehri

A Comparative History of Fire - Momtaza Mehri

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Poetry, Peace & Protest

In these challenging times we’ve curated a collection of poems which reflect different aspects of war, conflict and loss. Whilst highlighting the human cost of war by representing individual and shared grief, these poems affirm our collective humanity and speak…