Posts Tagged ‘utopia’
A Day in the Life of a Land Called Utopia
At the Peckham Hotel on 14th December, people were asked to stick post-its to a ‘Utopia Wall’, imagining things they’d like to see and do in a day in a perfect world. It was my job to take the ideas and make them into a poem. Here it is. The ideas are not mine although I got to interpret them as I felt. Read the rest of this entry »
Peckham Hotel, Weds 14th Dec
Another day another pop-up event. This time at the Peckham hotel. I’m on at 8.30pm and then will be collecting ideas for a ‘day in the life of utopia’ to create a new poem about a new world to perform at 9.30. Original and interesting event – multimedia, free, pushing boundaries, mixing audiences etc. Looking forward to it.
Earthly Paradise
The peasants who, in the 14th century
stormed the Tower of London
and bust into John of Gaunt’s luxury pad
to release the prisoners
and burn the poll tax records; Read the rest of this entry »