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Joined September 2013
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Self love vs intimate love
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My debut poetry book ‘I don’t want to settle’ is now available to order from every and all retailers
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In English we say: ‘I love you’. In poetry we say: ‘If I had 3 lives I’d marry you in 2. And in that other life, that slightly slower, dimmer one I probably would have been a writer. Sat up in a corner side cafe trying to pen you into existence’. ✨
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In English we say: ‘I love you’ In poetry we say:
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I don’t know if we can be friends #spokenword #danwhitlam #poetry
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In English we say: I want you…. In poetry we say:
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New work for the @NFL Super proud to have been asked to write and voice a piece for them to celebrate the opening of the UK NFL at Wembley and White Hart Lane. Who are you all in for? ✨
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Replying to @NicoleBotha_
@NicoleBotha_ Hi Nicole. Hope you are well! I’ve sent you a message with my Poetry Show reel. Actor and poet repped by Curtis Brown. Poet commissioned by BBC Radio 4, Sofar sounds. Please do let me know if you’re still casting, hope you have a lovely rest of your Monday! :)
Snippet from my Waterloo Cloudsessions video #poetry #poem #spokenword #written #rap #artist
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Never felt more galvanised and excited for productive work than after chatting with @HussainManawer. Talk about someone who thinks differently!
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Happy Earth Day 2021 🌎A video on the importance of our planet and the new found appreciation we gained for the outdoors during lockdown. #EarthDay #EarthDay2021 #poem
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London Tube Stations Animation. A quest For an Angel. Told through the double meanings of the London Tube Stations. See how many you can hear/spot! #tfl #animation #2021 youtube.com/watch?v=OPHrv8mf…
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💫 Been having this thought a lot lately. Pressure of scrambling to get things done while the world has been on hold. Have to keep reminding myself - What’s the rush?
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Why sadness is important - A new animation 2021 We try to rid ourselves of our sadness and feel guilty for the down days. Our guilt adds to our pain and we suffer twice. Let’s welcome each feeling with the knowledge it has come to teach us something new youtube.com/watch?v=LmBM1wan…
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------------- WORLD CANCER DAY - A letter to Hannah --------------- For World Cancer Day I wrote a poem for my mum who died age 42 from a brain tumour. ---------------- youtube.com/watch?v=UW_xh5d1… --------------
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TILES COLLECTION. Tiles like this one that will be released every Tuesday from now on 💫 instagram.com/p/CKzMtb4BLcG/…
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London Knife Crime spoken word. youtube.com/watch?v=iWvZwrNP… I’ve titled this London stabbing as that’s what it was. When I was 16 I got stabbed in the back in Islington. Here is the story told from both sides. #knifecrime #SpokenWord #poetry #stabbing #london #BBC #poem #writing
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