12 British Poets Share Their Favourite Poems For #NationalPoetryDayPosted in Articles, Literary/Artistic Criticism, Media Archive, United Kingdom on 2015-10-08 18:49Z by Steven |
12 British Poets Share Their Favourite Poems For #NationalPoetryDay
BuzzFeed
2015-10-08
Fiona Rutherford, BuzzFeed News Reporter
London, England
…3. Rachel Long
Amaal Said
Age: 26
Themes in your work: Sexuality, growing up, hurt, mixed parentage, love, eating disorders, death, dreams.
Favourite poem: Impossible to choose. I’ve sat here for a half hour with fingers over keys or in my hair. I can’t call it between: “In The Book of The Disappearing Book” by John Gallaher, “The Ugly Daughter” by Warsan Shire, “Snow” by David Berman, “Sex Without Love” by Sharon Olds, and “Of August” by Karen McCarthy Woolf.
What comes to mind when you think of the word “light”? Marlboro, that sunrise, a macro photograph of oestrogen taken by science photographer Lennart Nilsson that looks like a firework. It was stunning to see, and to know that we have this exploding, all the time, on the inside of our bodies…
…5. Hannah Lowe
Tim Ridley
Age: 39
Themes in your work: Working-class lives, multiculturalism, London, migration, diaspora.
Favourite poem: “The Mercy” by Philip Levine – one of many favourites.
What comes to mind when you think of the word “light”? Funnily enough, electric lights come to mind rather than daylight. I’m thinking of the way we light the night. It must be living in London… street lights, neon signs, security lights. From my back window I look out over Wood Green and Tottenham, all the way to Walthamstow, and there’s a real clatter of light out there, from houses and flats, office blocks, sometimes a star or two…
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