Writers

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Writers

Earlier in the year Nature Calling commissioned writers, poets and rappers to work in our six selected National Landscapes to create work from different perspectives and invite new conversations about who is accessing the landscape today. The poems and raps represented here  inspire and reflect on new feelings of connection to these iconic places.

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Lee Nelson - Chilterns - Poet

Lee Nelson is a poet and educator from Luton. His work has humour, grit and commitment.

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Louisa Adjoa Parker - Dorset - Poet

Louisa Adjoa Parker is a southwest writer of English-Ghanaian heritage whose work includes poetry, fiction, prose and ethnically diverse history.

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OneDa - Forest of Bowland - Writer/Rapper

OneDa visited the Forest of Bowland and spoke with young people in Burnley about their experiences of Bowland. The result is the rap 'Connections'.

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Monochrome image of Ayesha Chouglay. She is looking to the right of the image and smiling, she has dark hair, tied up in a ponytail with a fringe. Behind her are two paintings on the wall. One is abstract, the other a still life.

Ayesha Chouglay - Lincolnshire Wolds - Poet

Ayesha traced a family connection to the area, walked and ran workshops with residents and created four new poems inspired by the Lincolnshire Wolds.

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Still Shadey - Surrey Hills - Rapper/Musician

Still Shadey is a MOBO award winning rapper from New Addington, the community he worked with to create Nature's Anthem: a Journey Through Surrey Hills

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