By Beverley Barnett-Jones and Tim Fisher . . . Two friends, Beverley Barnett-Jones MBE and Tim Fisher co-authors of this piece, we spun words into a hexagonal web, shared back and forth during the last 18 months. Patterns of Hope and real talk. Deep listening, holding in difficult times, ongoing journeys of intersectionality, and the emergence of Hope’s […]
By Maria Norseth Garli . . . There is an instant impulse from the surroundings to the eyeball to the mouth to the hairs on the skin Air is being moved by bodies by words by moving hearts touched by a strong sensation caused by the many shades of colour in the street lights Air is being moved in […]
By Hugh Palmer . . . Power is a word from physical sciences Energy and forces that can be measured and quantified A wise man said that power does not exist in relationships That it is a myth (that most of us believe) But the myth of power is powerful; Bigger is best, more is better […]
By Gabriel Bonsu-Amako . . . It’s in our system. It’s in our infrastructure. Equality are wheels of change and racism is a puncture It seems like now, is histories most pertinent juncture. Whether to turn our back to change or pursue with the idea of equality It’s deeper than a statement or a policy It’s deeper than a […]
By Anokh Goodman . . . Our footprints decay beneath the weight of the sun, Living in lairs of forgotten dust We cry, we scream, we win but the battle is not won. Dancing alone naked defying orders from the sun; Fire burns our forgotten rust We dance, we love, we win but the battle is not won. […]
Jean Binta Breeze 1956 - 2021
Dub Poet
I want to make words
music
move beyond language
into sound
(From The Garden Path)
