Poetry Pushing Back

We are very excited to be starting the second round of our 3-way poetry project at Axe Valley Academy this week. Led by the incredible Louisa Adjoa Parker, this group of Year 8 and 9 revolutionaries are planning on changing the world with their words. These poems are a call to arms for the next generation. Whether it’s addressing climate change, equal rights for those less visible or tiny ‘micro-changes’ that just make the world a little bit brighter, these young writers are standing up, making noise and they won’t be ignored. Join them, or get out of their way!

Louisa Adjoa Parker is an RSA Fellow, a writer and poet of English-Ghanaian heritage who lives in southwest England. Her first poetry collections were published by Cinnamon Press, and her third, How to wear a skin, was published by Indigo Dreams. Her debut short story collection, Stay with me, was published in 2020 by Colenso Books. Her poetry pamphlet, She can still sing, was published by Flipped Eye in June 2021, and she has a coastal memoir forthcoming with Little Toller Books.