About Roger Robinson and Poetry London

Today's poem is "Ribs"

from Poetry London

Roger Robinson is a writer who has performed worldwide. He is the winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize 2019 and the RSL Ondaatje Prize 2020, shortlisted for the Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry 2020 and shortlisted for The OCM Bocas Poetry Prize, The Oxford Brookes Poetry Prize, highly commended by the Forward Poetry Prize. His latest collection 'A Portable Paradise' was a New Statesman book of the year. He was chosen by Decibel as one of 50 writers who have influenced the black-British writing canon. He is an alumnus of The Complete Works and he has toured extensively with the British Council.
Books by Roger Robinson:

Other poems on the web by Roger Robinson:
Six poems
"Sleep"
Roger Robinson's Website.
Roger Robinson on Twitter.
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