Jun 23, 2017 · ‘Grenfell Tower, June, 2017’ is a poem written by Nigerian writer Ben Okri. To raise funds for relatives of victims of the Grenfel Tower fire, and for survivors. June 23, 2017.

Grenfell Tower, June, 2017: a poem by Ben Okri ‘If you want to see how the poor die, come see Grenfell Tower.’ The Nigerian writer’s impassioned poem on the fire

Dec 4, 2018 · If you want to see how the poor die, come see Grenfell Tower. See the tower, and let a world-changing dream flower. Residents of the area call it the crematorium. It has revealed the undercurrents of our age. The poor who thought voting for the rich would save them. The poor who believed all that the papers said. The poor who listened with ...

Grenfell Tower, June, 2017_ a poem by Ben Okri.pdf - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. The document describes the destruction of a tower in a city. It summarizes that the tower was called an eyesore and named after the event.

Jun 27, 2017 · LONDON — Nigerian award-winning poet and novelist Ben Okri, penned a heartfelt poem in memory of the victims of the Grenfell Tower Fire. The poem vividly captures the grief and anger of...

Sep 11, 2017 · Within days of the conflagration, the Financial Times commissioned a poem on the tragedy from the Booker-Prize-winning Nigerian author Ben Okri. The newspaper published Grenfell Tower,...

Jul 13, 2017 · Grenfell Tower, June 2017 - A poem by Ben Okri It was like a burnt matchbox in the sky. It was black and long and burnt in the sky. You saw it through the flowering stump of trees. You saw it beyond the ochre spire of the church. You saw it in the tears of those who survived. You saw it through the rage of those who survived.

A new mural being painted this week in London, to honour the victims and survivors of Grenfell Tower – created by the English street artist Ben Eine, featuring a poem written about the disaster by the Booker Prize-winning Nigerian writer Ben Okri – marks the one-month anniversary of a fire that claimed at least 80 lives.

Ben Okri delivering a powerful reading of his poem about the Grenfell Tower disaster in London, 14th June 2017. ...more. Ben Okri is a Nigerian poet and novelist considered one of the...

Jun 29, 2017 · Nigerian writer Ben Okri reflects with FT Weekend editor Alec Russell on the Grenfell Tower fire in London that killed at least 80 people, and talks about the impassioned poem he has...