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Every Tuesday we will be sharing a poem from one of our wonderful Pen to Print and Write On! contributors. We hope you enjoy!**Whistlejacket by Mary L WalshWhistlejacket rears upwanting to escape his canvas framehis mane ripples golden browna nod to the freedom he once had.The races run, the pounding hooves sods of turf flying up to spatterpunters lining the railthe thunder of the herd behindthe sheer equine powermuscles straining the reinswhile puny men try to best his pacewith crop and bootand then the line, the slowing of the racethe bets won and lost, the champagne and cheap cigarettesall the world is thereWhistlejacket rears up, turns his headhe sees me, and I feel his longing for the wild(c) Mary L WalshImage taken by Mary L WalshPoem read by C Buss ...

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Pen to Print

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🎧 New episode alert 🎧 This week on Write On! Audio, you can enjoy:➡️ Listener Contribution from novelist, poet and academic TK Sebastian.TK’s work explores postcolonial histories and their representation in category-resistant literary forms. As a human rights defender of Armenian and Greek heritage, she advocates for the rights of minoritised and marginalised communities within and outside the UK. Winner of the Excellence in Literature Prize at the inaugural International Orthodox Arts Festival in 2021, ‘Hyphenated Lives: Native Disaporas’ her debut novel in verse challenges inherited ways of seeing and enforced patterns of belonging to lay bare the human cost of glorified histories beyond contested body counts. You can find out more about TK Sebastian by visiting her author page herewww.afsana-press.com/tk-sebastian Listen to this episode here: pod.link/1434232412Or on your favourite podcast streaming platform@barkinganddagenham ...

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Pen to Print

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Thoughtful Tuesdays: Fractured Foundation bit.ly/2VW4YlD Page Editor Eithne Cullen says "For me, ‘Fractured’ as a theme also resonates in the ways we write and the way we approach our creative lives. During the summer, I was fortunate to see the Tracey Emin and Frida Kahlo exhibitions at the Tate Modern. These were such thought-provoking exhibitions, with so much to say about the way these two women’s lives and experiences informed the way they went on to create. Both faced difficulties in their lives, but used the fractured foundations of their creative lives to build impressive bodies of powerful, visual art."Thoughtful Tuesdays features the following pieces:These Are My Feelings by Nicki MaybelDigging by Gloria MaloneyEscape From Poland by Nicholas VaughanImages Of A Family by Allan LochheadRead Write On! magazine pentoprint.org/product/see-write-on-issue-30-here/ Listen to Write On! Audio bit.ly/3o2QFsm ...

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Thoughtful Tuesdays: Fractured Foundations

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