"You can be invited to reproduce what you do not inherit." Sara Ahmed, Living a Feminist Life. Bhanu Kapil has blogged an incredibly powerful response to this quotation, here. In her response, Bhanu suggests: 'PERHAPS YOU CAN TRY IT TOO. ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS IN TURN, ONE IN THE FORM OF POETRY AND THE OTHER IN THE … Continue reading Inheritance & Reproduction
Utopian Poetics
Three Poems for the Winter Solstice
'Winter', Vahni Capildeo: https://www.archiveofthenow.org/authors/?i=11&f=157#157 'Of Mutability', Maggie O'Sullivan: https://www.archiveofthenow.org/authors/?i=66&f=780#780 'Red Coil', Cecilia Vicuña: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiWpb3J1c8c&app=desktop
Sound Recording of Guided Meditation
Here's a sound recording of my poem Guided Meditation: for Maggie O'Sullivan. You can read the poem on Adjacent Pineapple here. And find out more about the poem here.
Guided Meditation for Maggie O’Sullivan – poem published
I've recently had a new poem published in Adjacent Pineapple, Issue Two. It's a great looking issue with some fine poets represented, including Paul Hawkins, Jazzmine Linklater, Joey Frances, Robert Sheppard and Paula Claire. My thanks to Colin Herd for inclusion in the issue. You can read Guided Meditation: for Maggie O'Sullivan here. I'm grateful to … Continue reading Guided Meditation for Maggie O’Sullivan – poem published
Echoes of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
Writing as re-writing, as copying. Pause, hesitation, stutter.
The Ghostword Sembles Itself
On 22nd June 1976, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha sat by the tomb of Tristan Tzara in Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris, listening to the rain. This gesture instigates a cut-up practice to disassemble and reassemble some of Cha's words, creating the opportunity to liberate some of her vocabulary from the poetic structures she creates in her writing … Continue reading The Ghostword Sembles Itself
imagine you’re singing
[listen here > / read here >>] imagine you’re singing several north seas worth of voice light up your spine >> positive energy >> accessible only by /fracking/ shine[s] through your feet standing on the shoulders of frackfield workers’ lungs quiet breath invite these asthmas, silicosis /notice your chest/ inhale & exhale … Continue reading imagine you’re singing
Hákarl 24
Twenty-four hours in a bar with some of the finest musicians and performers I know (and I didn't even know all of them until we rocked up to start playing...)
Forms of Protest
Our recent performance of The Unfinished Dream was an opportunity to protest, express grief and solidarity, and turn to hope - on the night Donald Trump was confirmed as the President-elect of the US.
The Unfinished Dream Published!
Super happy to announce that The Unfinished Dream is now available as a brand new and exciting chapbook from Sad Press! Copies are £6 and can be bought via the website or in person at one of our upcoming performances: Wednesday 9th November, 7.30pm at the Caroline of Brunswick, Brighton Saturday 19th November 7.30pm at the Yoga … Continue reading The Unfinished Dream Published!
Sally-Shakti Willow 