Songs of Ourselves Anthology

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Elizabeth Smither weaves a life lesson from strands of her own hair

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Follow Musaemura Zimunya back up an endless river into Zimbabwe’s forgotten past

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Elizabeth Jennings explores the poisonous power of paranoia in this cold-war parable

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Sarah Jackson makes an unexpected connection in this elusive poem about travel and change.

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George Szirtes pays tribute to a determined and courageous spirit.

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Thomas Love Peacock exposes the unfairness of religious moralism towards the poor.

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Imtiaz Dharker’s poem exposes institutional xenophobia through a demeaning interaction.

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Life’s a squeeze in Sampurna Chattarji’s depiction of Mumbai.

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Elizabeth Daryush shows how money can’t buy happiness in this sympathetic sonnet.

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Get your tickets and board Arun Kolatkar’s mysterious old bus for a mystical nighttime journey.

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