A few weeks ago, 3 lucky students took part in a black history month workshop. The students travelled to the Wiltshire music centre in Bradford upon Avon to meet the famous Jamaican poet, Lennox Cartly.
Here, he shared his favourite poems with us and talked to us about his experiences with racism. His story was moving and really made you think about how distressing the time must have been for him. The brilliant thing was that he used his experiences to make him a stronger person and to help others who are having the same problems. He has a fantastic personality!
Later, Lennox helped all of us to create our own poetry about racism and how the world was changing. He really brought out the best ideas in us and we all managed to write a great piece of meaningful poetry. We shared the poetry with each other and Lennox then gave us some tips on how to improve the poems. I think it will help me with future poetry!
In this workshop, I felt as if I had learnt more about how to cope with problems and had found out about many brilliant people that the world has forgotten. It was a moving workshop and I will never forget it!
By Faye Rogers Yr 8
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I wish I could have been at the workshop! This is a great review.
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