United Kingdom, (b. 1976)
Schoolboy
- i didn’t see her
- when i said goodbye
- no light she said get going chile
- gon buy a cricket bat
- in england
- shoes and school
- but i don’t care
- she sold my pig
- for the ticket
- coughing in the yard
- to rope him
- nightdress hanging off
- franky walked me
- to the harbour
- shook my hand
- now it’s sea sea sea
- they give me jokes and mints
- call me 27 bitten street
- because she sewed it
- in my shirts in navy cotton
- before, when she could sew
- someone i’ve never met
- will look after me
- in england
- her voice whispering
- from the corner
- say please sit still be good
© Hannah Lowe. Ormonde. London: Hercules Editions (2014).
About the Poet:
Hannah Lowe, United Kingdom, (b. 1976), is a poet and memoirist. She received a BA in American Literature from the university of Sussex, am MA in Refugee Studies from the University of East London and her AHRC-funded PhD is in Creative Writing from Newcastle University. She is now a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Brunel University, London.
Her current practice-based research is on Chinese arrival and settlement to the UK. Dr Lowe is the author of several collections of poetry and a family memoir. She is former poet-in-residence at Keats House, London. [DES-01/22]
Additional information:
- Hannah Lowe – https://hannahlowe.me/
- Hannah Lowe at Brunel