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21 Sep 2025

Bradford City Library

Sustainability Panel: Future

How do we want to live with nature in the future - and can a poem help us to get there?

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You joined some of our most powerful writers to find out whether other storytellers, including radio producers, can learn from poetry in this time of change.

Can metaphors help us leap towards new ideas? Can images, and the rhythms of poetry help us move forward?

This event featured Katrina Porteus.

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BBC Contains Strong Language was a partnership between the BBC, Word Up North and Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture. It was supported by Arts Council England.

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Poet Kirsty Taylor wearing a green jacket performs using a microphone.

Poet Kirsty Taylor wearing a green jacket performs using a microphone.

Part of BBC Contains Strong Language

The UK’s biggest poetry and performance festival for new writing came to Bradford for the first time.

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