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TheTravellers’Club
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Inside front cover
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The Travellers’ Club was created by young men responding to the homeof Kenyan born writer Khadambi Asalache.
The young men’s poetry explores notions of: rights of passage; being welcome; personal journeys and the centralityof ‘letting go’ to creativity.
The home of Khadambi Asalache is a National Trust property
acquired in 2010. An intimate house on a busy London street, ithas been saved for the nation due to its extraordinary interior.Every surface in the house has been beautifully decorated (byKhadambi) with hand carved wooden fretwork, paintings andcollections of objects – a twenty year journey of creativity thatbegan as a solution to a damp problem in the cellar!
This book has been produced as part of Stories of the World,
one of the major projects at the heart of the London 2012Cultural Olympiad. The Cultural Olympiad began in 2008,and uses the power of the Olympic and Paralympic Games toinspire creativity across all forms of culture, especially amongstyoung people.
A collaboration between:The National Trust
London Nautical SchoolLondon borough of Lambeth LibrariesLondon borough of Lambeth Ethnic Minority Achievement Team
With thanks to: Susie ThomsonThe Creative Interpretation Team: Anouk Beyer, Jessica Hodge,Teresa Hill, Erin Maxon,Cassie Yates
Lead artist: Adisa the verbaliser Book design and production: Anna Shkalla
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TO MAKE A LIV
HE WROTE ON
HERE I WILL USE
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ING
SHEETS OF PA PER
LEAVES
Jay C
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You start in a cold street Enter a garden the size of a forest
A door hidden in the treesInside are the halls of a tattered tomb
You climb the roman stepsEnter the keep of a castle
To see a golden chest Inside is a hot street
Daniel
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It’s on a never ending street A house hidden by a mask
There is a magic carved room with a bed
Under that bed covered in zebra skin
A small wooden box
Inside that box is a room
A room built just for me
Gary
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Caramel ivy crawling upThe wooden gateway Two angels with trumpets
Play songs that entice
Gary
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A shadow monger A path blockerLight killing
Anti billingLong short Fat and thin
Giving comfort all overthe world
Jay C
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I get to know peopleI make jokesI’m relaxed
I’ll talk to people even ifI don’t know themOpen to conversationI’m not shy
Gary
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She’s as excitingas a tikka masala with cultures splicing
together
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Like the
GlobeTheatre she’sbuilt layer by layer
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The sound resonatesthrough her like anacoustic guitar
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She is like a wheel-lesscaravanonce free to move but now burdened by
beautiful age
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The energy ows
through her like the Amazon over her heart
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She’s oldfrail and slow like the wiseGalapagos turtle
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She is like rubies
precious and royal
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but not too pricey
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Passing a boat that’s aoat with no one insidePassing a door with wings like a hawk Passing an ant hill you’re nearly thereInside a room with ink to spare
Ryann
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They venture through the forest of facesHearing the whispers of past races
They cross a river of honey in boats built for teaThey row while holding their money To pay for their front row seats
They reach the dock and prepare for more As they arrive they see crowds galore
Daniel
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U S E D F O R
S U R
A P A R
T F R O M W H E N
I T ’ S
U S E D
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V I V A L
I N T H I S P A L
A C E
F O R W O R K
Jay C
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Go past the alien technology In the sea of nature
Ascend to earth
Walk past the natural palace Ascend to heavenLook out to the tower towards the palaceEnter the heaven and run towards the light Go to the heat maker
And I am near
Jay T
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Wind brushingHeartbeat skippingBungee jumperSky diver
Gary
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My silver moon held up by natureMy helpful assistant My never leaving friendMy revolving door with helpful handsMy interlocking masterpieceMy team player
Jay T
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Past the children of a potter’s
Exit through gates of hellPast Noah’s doors just beyondTo the halls of heaven
Next to the sea of silk
Daniel
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wheel
d Mount Everest
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The replace is like a volcano ready to explodeStatue stays still like it’s frozen from the chillGiraffes dancing from the tune of the seaRunning round and round like a wild banshee
Ryann
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GAZ ELLES BUFF A
ALL TO GETH ER
I RULE THEM ALL
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LOES
IN THEIR HERDS
MAN
Jay C
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Flapping feathers
Marching ants
Headless chickens
Stubby hands
Tiny feet
Swelling bellies
Heads like peas
There’s magic in the trees.
Ryann
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http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk Registered Charity number: 205846
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