An Orchestra of Unexpected Sounds: Poetry from the Change the Word Collective
“I am here to sing with you
from the balcony, I am here
to write poetry. To read yours.”
Landry Affton, ‘The Song of Shadows’
Listen to the music of An Orchestra of Unexpected Sounds. You will find it reverberates with reflections on connection and isolation. It echoes with the deep bass notes of memory. It dances to rhythms from across the world and creates new songs to their beat.
Written by poets from over 20 countries, all part of the Change the Word collective who have made the UK their home, these are poems to be heard – to reach out beyond their pages and resonate through the spaces we now find between each other.
Cover design by graphic artist Hesham Hassan and illustration by Majid Adin.
“I am here to sing with you
from the balcony, I am here
to write poetry. To read yours.”
Landry Affton, ‘The Song of Shadows’
Listen to the music of An Orchestra of Unexpected Sounds. You will find it reverberates with reflections on connection and isolation. It echoes with the deep bass notes of memory. It dances to rhythms from across the world and creates new songs to their beat.
Written by poets from over 20 countries, all part of the Change the Word collective who have made the UK their home, these are poems to be heard – to reach out beyond their pages and resonate through the spaces we now find between each other.
Cover design by graphic artist Hesham Hassan and illustration by Majid Adin.
“I am here to sing with you
from the balcony, I am here
to write poetry. To read yours.”
Landry Affton, ‘The Song of Shadows’
Listen to the music of An Orchestra of Unexpected Sounds. You will find it reverberates with reflections on connection and isolation. It echoes with the deep bass notes of memory. It dances to rhythms from across the world and creates new songs to their beat.
Written by poets from over 20 countries, all part of the Change the Word collective who have made the UK their home, these are poems to be heard – to reach out beyond their pages and resonate through the spaces we now find between each other.
Cover design by graphic artist Hesham Hassan and illustration by Majid Adin.
