Manchester. June 22 On the bus, I see a familiar friendly face. It’s Little J, I’ve known him […]
Category Archive: Refuge From the Ravens
The poet William Wordsworth wrote about encounters with people on the move, as he walked English roads and byways 200 years ago. These poems, and those of fellow poet Coleridge, were published as Lyrical Ballads in 1798. Our project is a reply, in poems and song, from people today who are affected by homelessness, or vulnerable. Supported by the Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery Players.
Wordsworth’s Sonnets Transposed for the 21st Century I am in awe of the team at Zwiebelfish for their […]
Making the new Lyrical Ballads is a long, painstaking process, punctuated with both light and dark moments. The […]
Behind the life experience of many people in this project is fear. It surfaces briefly and then it […]
The first poem to arrive in my inbox was “As Pale As Roses Are”. Something within me stopped. […]
One of the most moving poems in Wordsworth’s original 1798 Lyrical Ballads describes a penniless old man walking […]
“4000 Miles” is one of the first poems written for Refuge from the Ravens. At the time of […]
By Scott Thurston Today I had the pleasure of taking part in a Refugee from the Ravens event […]
The act of sitting in silence. Except it’s never really silence is it? There’s always the rushing world, […]
Making a ballad in answer to Wordsworth’s poem Goody Blake and Harry Gill and the current energy crisis. […]