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Six/Seis by Josephine Corcoran and Lorena Pino Montilla

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Intaglio print from the Borderland series by Pauline Scott-Garrett, a child's white dress on a gold background

Today, I'm sharing my poem 'Six', and its Spanish translation by Lorena Pino Montilla, 'Seis', from my zine Six Poems, written to accompany 'Borderland' (Walcot Chapel, Bath 29 October - 2 November) an exhibition of collage and intaglio print by Pauline Scott-Garrett responding to Donald Trump's 2018 zero-tolerance immigration policy which enforced the separating of… Continue reading Six/Seis by Josephine Corcoran and Lorena Pino Montilla

National Poetry Day (UK) 2022

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The image is of fallen leaves, flowers and berries from the garden, arranged in three lines as if a haiku, with seven, five, seven items on each line. The text reads 'Autumn Haiku, National Poetry Day 2022'.

This year the theme for NPD is 'The Environment'. Here's a visual poem I made today, using fallen leaves, flowers and berries from the garden. Visual Poem by Josephine Corcoran I've made more visual poems like this and posted them on Instagram @andothermaterial and I also blogged about making visual poems with flowers here. Happy… Continue reading National Poetry Day (UK) 2022

Staring at Earth

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    We stood to stare at our planet Some of us knelt, offered up our phones Children said they wanted to go home   Words and photos by Josephine Corcoran from an art installation by Luke Jerram, Gaia - The Earth at Wills Memorial Building, Bristol.