I saw: old hippies, new hippies, punks, preppies, grandmothers, babes in arms, parents, wrinklies, men in tweeds, trombonists, anarchists, Star Wars fans, Star Trek fans, drummers, protesting dogs, sleeping babies, journalists, the UK’s only Green MP, and a Boris Johnson lookalike waving sorry to the passing crowd.
It was multi-sensory, glorious, peaceful, funny, generous, creative, warm, loud, joyful, and overwhelming…
… and I wouldn’t have missed it for the world.
Published by Anthony Wilson
I am a lecturer, poet and writing tutor. I work in teacher and medical education at the University of Exeter. My anthology Lifesaving Poems was published by Bloodaxe Books in 2015. In 2012 I published Riddance (Worple Press), a collection of poems, and Love for Now (Impress Books), a memoir, about my experience of cancer. The Wind and the Rain, my sixth collection of poems, is available now from Blue Diode Publishing. My current research project, funded by the Foyle Foundation, is Young Poets' Stories: https://youngpoetsstories.com/. This blog is archived by the British Library.
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This post made me smile. Except, of course, for the reality of Brexit. I see so much of what’s so wonderful about Britain here.
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I love the people’s humorous take on making those posters though. Mari Kondo was the best one :)) You people have so much potential if you can meet an event like that with such attitude!
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