The Friday Poem

A poem every Friday

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Tom is dressed in, I dunno, cellophane maybe? the background is broadly pink and they have a hat that resembles a chicken carcasse

Sky blue pink

Bruno Cooke on the many faces of artist, poet and social worker Tom Stockley


Photo by Will Thomas
photo of Kae Tempest, short hair, black polo shirt

‘I did my one little verse and the place just went nuts’

Bruno Cooke traces the development of Kae Tempest
photo of Joelle Taylor with very short blonde hair in a flowery shirt speaking into a mic

You who found your dream but could not spell it

Bruno Cooke meets Spoken Word poet Joelle Taylor and discusses activism, education and the power of poetry