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Love Cuts with John Hegley

Join us for a one-man show by John Hegley, presenting love lyrics, poems and drawings from his life.
How To Be Aware Of Your Body (If You Have One)

By Chris White
Ballad of a Happy Immigrant

Join Poet in the City as we celebrate Latinx poet Leo Boix through his new collection: Ballad of a Happy Immigrant.
You Can Say You Were There At The Start

By Kirsten Luckins

Woolwich Speaks

Discover a new epic poem about Woolwich via a colourful poetry street trail and online film this August
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Poet in the City connects people and places through poetry. Poet in the City creates access to challenging ideas, attracts radically new audiences, brings about social and behavioural change, and creates awe-inspiring large-scale entertainment. From poetry in libraries to arts centres, car parks to community venues and festivals to music halls, we present poets who can enlarge our worlds.
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A drop of hope: Poetry from a Vaccination Centre

Twelve virtual poets-in-residence write poems reflecting on the impact of the vaccination program, and the shifts and changes we’ve all gone through in the past year.
Mother Knows: Poems of Maternal Might

Join us as we unearth epic and intimate stories of motherhood from early Medieval times right up to the present day.
A Heart More Wakeful: Nature Lessons with William Wordsworth

Polly Atkin joined our digital event on William Wordsworth, live from Grasmere, to discuss what learnings we could take from Wordsworth's poetry today. Here is the full text of her speech.
Woolwich Speaks – Film

This film was created as part of the Woolwich Speaks project by Crixus Productions and local filmmakers Salima Kamara and Riordan Tyson