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collaboration, Jean Atkin's poetry, New book

THE BORDER BACK OF BEYOND

A new book – and a new project! For the past couple of years I’ve been working away at a group of poems focused on the Shropshire/Powys border. As part of this, I’m working with North Shropshire-based composer Martin Bussey, and with previous collaborator, illustrator Katy Alston. The Border Back of Beyond will be published in early 2027 by Fair Acre Press of Oswestry. It … Continue reading THE BORDER BACK OF BEYOND

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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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