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Two poems by Judi Sutherland
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PAUL DONOVAN is chilled by the contemporary resonance of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale amidst racism and white supremacy in this excellent production
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
Picnic on the DLR
Judi Sutherland
Friday night, when I arrive at yours
you say ‘don’t take off your coat -
we’re going out’ and pick up
a wicker basket. We step into the dark;
change at Bow Road, for the DLR,
travelling against the commuter flow.
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