once upon a screen
long-lost stories
flickered into new lives
aided and abetted
translated
annotated
balancing diets and dialogues
in a wealth of words.
© Paul Taylor 2005
Southwark Hour programme 5: spontaneous poem
This poem concerns a Southwark TV plan to help communication across generations in Somali families living in Britain. Stories in Somali and English will be available on a community website.
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