Lorna Goodison

Poem of the week: Signals from a the Simple Life by Lorna Goodison

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today: recall

instead

shall we have a go at using and instead of but...

"a care leaver for life"

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last week: cobalt congeniality transparent

congruent

what is on the outside needs to match what is on the inside 

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yesterday: whatnot coded fusedlast friday: perch declare free-falling endorse

not

what you see is not always what you get

art

Wow! Listening to Sonia Boyce on BBC Radio 4 talking about the fact that Black Art Matters 

Faces Places

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for my friend Tom Polo: actually

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two weeks ago: message

view

just because something does not happen to you does not mean it does not happen, it just means it does not happen to you, we cannot think about the world from our own point of view all the time 

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monday: intermission

appreciation

history

every other people/nation is allowed to discuss their present in relation to their past but not black people

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today: serene stumble phoenix

I would like

to talk about cultural habits rather than cultural differences

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today: and so on

who

train window Clapham Junction on my way to the National Maritime Museum this morning, spotted Doctor Who's Tardis in someone's back garden