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Poetry & Wellbeing, Poetry in the Community, Poetry Outdoors

Making poems for Hey! Earthlings!

One of the things I did with the groups of refugees we’ve taken up to Old Oswestry Hillfort over the last two months was to create collaborative poems with them. The words were spoken by people from Ukraine, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, and Iran, and then I have edited them together. Here’s a poem about how we all stood on the very top of the hillfort, … Continue reading Making poems for Hey! Earthlings!

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Jean Atkin's poetry, New book

Reviews for HIGH NOWHERE

HIGH NOWHERE was published by IDP in late 2023, and has been reviewed as follows: – on Matthew Stewart’s poetry blog ‘Rogue Strands‘ – ‘I dare you to finish reading this book and emerge indifferent to the role of humans in the plight of the Earth. That’s the mark of Atkin’s success.’ -an interview with Jean Atkin on Sarah James’ series ‘In The Booklight’ – ‘such a … Continue reading Reviews for HIGH NOWHERE

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