Pilgrim by Lisabelle Tay Jay Ramsay bearing witness to Mandelstam's consistent

bearing witness to Mandelstam's consistent independence of mind and concern for the freedom of thought

and love in ways that rebuke the official record we call history

‘Grace Nichols came to Britain from Guyana at the age of 27 and she has carried the warmth of her Caribbean sensibility through many a cold English winter

from growing up on a farm

Pilgrim by Lisabelle Tay Jay Ramsay bearing witness to Mandelstam's consistentPilgrim is a collection of poems by Lisabelle Tay, illustrated by Reena Makwana. Part of The Emma Press Art Squares series. A half cracked shell Morning and evening White dew on the underside of a leaf A gasp of air, something forgotten now remembered A bare kernel of deathlessness sown silently at dusk List of Things Beyond My Bedroom Curtains, in Pilgrim