Working Class Writers: Poetry Postcards (2021)

In 2021 Lyra Festival teamed up with Working Class Writers Festival and Bristol Ideas to commission 12 poets from working-class backgrounds to write a new poem, 6 from Bristol and 6 from across the UK.

These poems were printed onto postcards and distributed all over Bristol, including public spaces and all of the city’s libraries.

The commissioned poets were: 1990’s Chris, Bertel Martin, Casey Bailey, Deanna Rodger, Helen Sheppard, Joelle Taylor, Laurie Bolger, Louisa Adjoa Parker, Malizah, Muneera Pilgrim, Tierney Elliott and Wendy Pratt.

The postcards were designed by Sally Mundy.