Pnina Shinebourne
Uproot
Evolved from life stories, Pnina’s poetry explores aspects of identity in a dialogue between roots and routes in a world on the move. The poems capture the Ethiopian Jewish community’s quest for reaching a mythical Jerusalem, through crossings of deserts, dislocation and loss. They expose the clash between a place in the imagination, and the harsh reality of trying to make sense of a totally different social and cultural world.
This is a story of vision and resilience, and of an emergence of a multidimensional sense of belonging through new configurations of multiple voices and places.
Runners up
Maria Isakova and Michael Brown: …An Ache in Each Welcoming Kiss
Julie Lumsden: Dog Days
Judges
Helen Calcutt - Poet In Residence 2017
Dr Kerry Featherstone - Poet and Lecturer in English
Judges comments
“I felt like I was being introduced to a new world: Pnina is a great story-teller…”. - Helen Calcutt
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