Asperger’s [POEM]

by | Jul 29, 2018

Relentless pursuit of one goal One, goal. Pure focus ‘what? we can’t cross the river here let’s build a bridge or a tunnel there must be a way!” An unbending line from here to my destination details to be written, recorded stored on plates, words, dates please...
The Wedding [Services]

The Wedding [Services]

by | Jul 25, 2018

For a poet – love, marriage and weddings are perhaps the most inspiring, romantic and universal subjects to write about. You can stay with the personal, but stray into the spiritual, global, life-affirming, existential. So it is with this in mind, that I thought...
Remembering Windrush 1948 [VIDEO]

Remembering Windrush 1948 [VIDEO]

by | Jun 25, 2018

If you like this poem and would like to buy an A5 copy as a momento, copies are on sale at the Black Cultural Archives shop OR click here to purchase online. © Suzy Rowland-Rigg  ...
SS EMPIRE WINDRUSH [Windrush Day poem]

SS EMPIRE WINDRUSH [Windrush Day poem]

by | Jun 21, 2018

Windrush 1948: Coming Home  “London, is the place for me London, this lovely city You can go to France or America,  India, Asia or Australia But you must come back, to London city.” (Calypso: Sung by Lord Kitchener) A leap into the unknown, hundreds of men, women,...

Songs of My Soul Reviews

by | May 30, 2018

 “Thanks so much for making the journey over to the New Inn. I’m sorry you had to wait so long to get on, and perhaps felt because time was short you’d keep it to one poem. But I thought your performance of your Windrush poem had a tremendous impact,...
Poetry Cafe at Hampton Hill Playhouse

Poetry Cafe at Hampton Hill Playhouse

by | May 27, 2018

I took this photo in 2014 when this modern theatre building in Hampton Hill was called the ‘Playhouse’. Little did I know when I took the photo that I would be treading the boards there in the future,  sharing spoken word poetry. Having a theatre so close...