Echoes from the Eighties
I heard it back then
about lesbians and gay men
Now I hear it again
The deniers of rights
now have trans in their sights
Conspiracy (a poem for Joe)
Conspiracy (a poem for Joe) Banging on your door at dawnStrong-arm tactics – brains or brawn?Eight hours in a holding cellWhat you’ve done – well, who can tell?Held on evidence unknownTook your laptop, took your phoneMaking plans to stop pollution?Colluding
Drill, baby, drill
Drill, baby, drill
with greed-driven skill
Twisted and screwed
short-sighted and crude
Station Road
I live in a village with a Station Road.
It has houses with low walls
the village hall, community library
no shops, a couple of bus stops
the Parish Council office
and a Station Drive coming off it.
10 questions for Disability History Month
All4Inclusion asked me ten questions, and posted them and my answers on its website as part of its Disability History Month celebrations Ten questions for Disability History Month 1. Can I start by asking you to tell us a little
What Rough Beast: poems on Trump and Trumpism
As citizens vote in the Presidential election in the USA, an anthology of poems opposing Donald Trump is published in the UK – and it includes Janine Booth’s poem, ‘Hallelujah President Trump’.
Pantoum: At Kindergarten in Lviv
Put on their coats and follow teacher
Away from danger from the skies
Air raids are a schoolday feature
We Are The Headliners, Leicester
Leicester Central Library Bishop St, Leicester, United KingdomWe Are The Headliners is a monthly, Saturday afternoon poetry event in Leicester Central Library.
Arts Junction, Arundel
Victoria Institute Tarrant Street, Arundel, West Sussex, United KingdomTwo years after her storming previous appearance, Janine is the guest poet at the South Downs Poetry Festival's Arts Junction event. In the upstairs Red Room of the Victoria Institute, Tarrant Street, Arundel, BN18 9DG. Arts Junction, Arundel
Autscape 2025: Building autistic space in and through trade unions
The Hayes Swanwick, DerbyshireJanine will be delivering an illustated lecture at Autscape 2025 on Building Autistic Space in and through Trade Unions. The lecture will be followed by a discussion session.