Our first poem from the Pride & Protest collection is ‘Beyond Words’ written by the amazing Elizibeth Gibson 
read by these beauties: Louise Dalton
Naomi Paul,  Christopher Fredrick and Clare Johnson 💕💕💕💕💕
and sound designed by the wonderful Charlie Foran 
artwork by Clare Johnson
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Part of our ‘Love & Touch’ theme, this poem is a poignant expression of love, solidarity and hope.

Check out our ‘Love & Touch’ giftbox of culture and resources (on our website) to explore more ways that people and the arts have responded to HIV & AIDs, including the Act Up activist movement

Beyond Words

We’re delighted to share the second poem from our Pride & Protest collection, and the final one in the ‘Love & Touch’ theme.
‘When you touch me I feel that I exist’ is by Cole Baker
Read by Louise Dalton , Anonymous and Clare Johnson
Sound Design by Charlie Foran 
with ace artwork coming soon by Yiwen Lin 
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This poem engages the senses and asks us to bear witness to an authentic, assertive communication from one lover to another.
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Our ‘Love & Touch’ culture and resources gift-box includes poems, books, songs and films that speak to some of themes in this poem, find it on our website!

When You Touch Me

time for our first poem of our Identity and Affirmation 💕💕💕💕💕
written by the wonderful Luna Tibling
read excellently by Peter Heenan
and Monnotanne
superb sound design by Charlie Foran 
gorgeous artwork by the exceptional Odhrán McNulty

A Tiresome StringOf Binary Assumptions

Todays marvellous and thought provoking poem by Elan Mai⁠ ⁠
read wonderfully by Louise Dalton, Naomi Paul and Christopher Fredrick
beautifully sound designed by Charlie Foran 
Let us know what you think, we would love to hear your thoughts about Identity and Affirmation 
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OPAN

here it is, not on the first poem of the week but the first poem of our penultimate theme Spirituality and Resistance 👊🏾🌈✨💎☮️
written by the amazing Aldo Quagliotti read eloquently by Odhran Mcnulty Petros Kourtellaris Louise Dalton Conor Cupples
with sumptuous sound by the one and only Charlie Foran and artwork by the marvellous and multitalented Louise Dalton
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we hope you enjoy, and let us know how you feel about this theme, this poem or anything really 😘

LGBTQ+ME

the poem of our penultimate theme - For the Bible Told Them So by Jess (insta: enspiredpoet) 
first find the video, with readings by Peter Heenan Petros Kourtellaris Conor Cupples Louise Dalton ⁠
and sound design by Charlie Foran ⁠
fantastic artwork by Petros Kourtellaris that was made in reaction to this poem! ⁠
Tell us what you think!

For the Bible Told Us So

Were so happy that we can still share new poems with you from a distance ✨
This very special poem is part of our Nature and (Dis) harmony theme
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Focus written by Harry Brown , read gorgeously by Peter Heenan Christopher Fredrick, Naomi Paul and Isis D'Ascoli
Sublime sound design by Charlie Foran 
And artwork  by Conor Cupples
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Social media is a weird place but let's try to use it as a place for kindness and gifts, share this with someone and let us know who and why bellow 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

Focus

Conor Cupples beautiful poem is such a glorious ode to self love and acceptance which is what we need in the dark days of winter, have a listen to pep yourself up!x
read by Sam Oliver and Naomi Paul
sound by the ever ace Charlie Foran 
and art work soon to come by Adam Davis

Fem/Masc

our last poems of our glorious Pride and Protest collection, that has taken us from December into January and this poem is such a powerful ode to self love, perfect for the start of another year!
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written by the wonderful Andre Blackman in 2008
read eloquently by Odhran Mcnulty Conor Cupples Petros Kourtellaris
and amazing artwork  by Lizzie Knott 
and gentle sound design by Charlie Foran 
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this series has spread so much love and hope, at least for me, and I hope this year is full of this things too. we really couldn't do it without all of you and your wonderful creativity, so thank you so much and all the love and courage to you⁠

I Am

We have 2 goals: to make poetry that is not seen visible & to encourage interest in poetry using different media.

Our most recent project started by finding hidden poets, I’m sure you know someone who writes poems, but have you ever heard one of their poems? Some people do not want to share there poetry becouse it is personal, sensitive or they do not like speaking in front of others. But why should these things prevent their art being recognised? We decided to create a platform for these unsung poets to be heard. We recorded a number of poems, keeping the writers anonymous and edited them together. We then gave the edits to artist to create a piece of art in reaction. Once we showed the finished product to the writers almost all of them wanted to be credited, which we see as a big achievement! 

We are now looking for more poets and seeing how else we can give people confidence threw sharing there voice.

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