WATCH: ALEXANDER PAUL “I am Love”
He was a prolific poetry writer in his teens and eventually pursued his passion to become a spoken…
Poets Corner
Windrush – The boat that carried so many hopes, pain and dreams
His mother Gwendolyn worked as a nurse in the NHS for all her working life. She inspired Scratchylus…
FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND by Feyisayo Anjorin
One minute, we watch your footprints in the sand, The next, we stop and stare and see you…
AFRICA – THE ROAD TO NIGERIA – A REFLECTION
There is a world that exists No one knows about it They have civilisations, structures, wars and hierarchies…
Excerpt of: Sledge of Notting Hill by M.G.Robinson
New Day: OK, so we’re still in the 50’s on your story board Pa! So I was researching…
Rapunzel, Rapunzel
Rapunzel, Rapunzel, my beauty so rare Please will you let down your fine relaxed hair? Oh no,…
WATCH: Black History Month Poem for 2016 – Captivity by Gita Jaggan
A cry for mercy Whispers if fear Those were the voices Of the yester year He had just…
WATCH: I WILL FIND YOU by Tolu’ Akinyemi
My shoes have lost their floors And my eyes riot from looking But till I find you, I…
Tolu Akinyemi’s ‘poetry for people who hate poetry’
An experience as a boy, growing up in Akure, a town in Nigeria, West Africa, illustrates his early…
WATCH: Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night
Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, was one of the most celebrated writers of his generation. Becoming successful at a young…
Dancing Words Poetry Films
The films were created for Dancing with Words. Malika’s poem Sweet Liquor is taken from her Booker prize winning…
Look Around
The colour of my skin should not dictate how I am treated, Nor should my beliefs or my…
BLAQUE Review
Blurb: A collection of original poetry and photography centred around the Blaque female experience in Britain. Some of…
Call for Submissions: Filigree
Deadline: Sat 30 Apr 2016 Internationally renowned and award-winning poet Nii Ayikwei Parkes is editing a new collection…
Motherland: Review
The tale focuses heavily on the stories shared between travellers from the Caribbean on The Windrush, the trans-Atlantic…
Denise Jackson: Being Black Poem
I embrace my culture as diverse as it is I look at the World map and say to…
George Lamming: Barbadian and Caribbean Literary Icon
Three books are prominently displayed on his desk: William Shakespeare’s Othello, Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth;…
No Colour Bar, But A Baton Of Social Progress
This space, currently housing the exhibition: “No Colour Bar: Black British Work In Action 1960-1990” is fitting when…
James Berry – To Travel This Ship
The arrival of the SS Empire Windrush in June 1948 at Tilbury Dock marked the beginning of post-war…
The Poet James Berry
His poetry is notable for using a mixture of standard English and Jamaican Patois. Berry’s writing often “explores…
