Category: Poems
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Pride is for always
We’re nearly at the end of Pride Month, but our commitment doesn’t end. Our latest podcast is a taste of episodes to come in Redcar, and in it we platform a lot of queer voices and explore lots of gender identify issues with the young people of the Blooming Youth collective. Growing Up A Girl……
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Scum!! The voices of Thriving Women
International Women’s Day is here again, and with that comes the myriad voices of women across the world, shouting out their experiences, their opinions, and their visions for a more equitable future. We’re so proud to showcase the work of the Thriving Women collective again today, with a brand-new collective poem and film-poem called ‘Scum’.…
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Behind the scenes at a bookshop residency…
Stockton was buzzing, or maybe growling, about Home Secretary James Cleverley MP, and his very public comment about Stockton being a sh*thole.
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The trees are speaking
Winter arrived in magical style for us, when seven of our poets were commissioned to write and record poems in the voices of certain trees in Stewart Park, Middlesbrough. Those trees were then brought to life with huge illuminated eyeballs, and our voices were broadcast to the hundreds of people walking past – all part…
Tees Women Poets 