Newsflash: It has just been confirmed that Jackie Kay will be joining this event!
Percy Bysshe Shelley declared that “Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world”. The Ripples of Hope Festival is delighted to have commissioned and unveil a powerful new body of work: A Poetic Declaration.
Simon Armitage has convened 30 poets from around the world to create a unique poetic response to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Join Simon as he hosts the poets as they unveil this work for the first time, with music from Jaydev Mistry.
For the second of three evening events, the poets appearing live and virtually will include:
- Jackie Kay
- PA Bitez from Young Identity
- Togara Muzanenhamo
- Victoria Redel
- Vona Groake
- Isaiah Hull
- Caroline Bird
- Karen McCarthy Woolf
- Kwame Dawes
- Jennifer Wong
- Luke Wright
Click here to see details of part one and click here for part three.