Throughout Word2018 you may have spotted a series poetic dispatches from some extraordinary voices … in person, in print, online … via Instagram and twitter … a team of poets including Paul Lyalls and Francesca Beard …have been responding and reacting … sharing their reflections and creating a body of new work and new Words4Word…follow the hashtag #Words4Word to find them!

Here’s an image from the new Word Garden – a poetry trellis created with older people at St. Luke’s Community Centre with poet Francesca Beard and artist Carl Stevenson.

#words4word….Girl stepping off a train / carrying a picture frame / see through art in the public domain / due to the rhyme scheme going to Turnpike Lane / Happy for a photo exchange / art makes the underground more humane / probably never ever see her again. – @PaulLyalls