Below is the last of the four new poems by Jenny Mitchell to mark Black History Month. For some background to the poem, see here and here. The Queen... Continue reading
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Plantation Yard to Council Flat by Jenny Mitchell Once there was a slaving house battered by the sun, rays like golden fists, blood oozing through the floors,... Continue reading
Black Hair by Jenny Mitchell Entering the gallery, you’ll see it in a case, dark strands gathered close, size of a fist,taken from a Negroid head. Long-denigrated... Continue reading
Culture Matters is proud to commemorate Black History Month 2023 and mark National Poetry Day with the first of four new poems by the award-winning writer Jenny... Continue reading
Academia by Jenny Mitchell, with above image by Chad McCail This is not a campus for the poor. The posh,in drab designer clothes, labels on the outside... Continue reading
The poetry world hates poor poets. Discuss if you’ve ever been told your poem has been accepted for publication (hurrah!) but there’s no fee (how do I... Continue reading
After Auden by Jenny Mitchell About suffering they were never wrong,the slave masters: how hard they whipped until the humans, trapped, were made to kneel; how it... Continue reading
Levelling Up by Jenny Mitchell, with image by Martin Gollan They will not show this on the evening news – our mother kneeling down at Number Ten... Continue reading
Black Rapunzel by Jenny Mitchell Family gathers in these plaits,each parting like a grave for people forced to work the cane, colour of my scalp,sun beating on... Continue reading
The Burden of Ownership by Jenny Mitchell He measures cost in body parts. A head paysfor a month of food; two eyes a week of drink.Christmas adds... Continue reading
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