Poet Warsan Shire spoke to Vogue about the power to be found in disappearing, her unusual writing process, and why she’s done with feeling shame about past traumas.
the first track on the album, which also happens to be my favorite. I understood from that moment thatwould be iconic, even if I never contributed a word to it. She gave me a copy of the album to take away with me, and to see what I could write to go along with it. I felt a bit stressed, obviously, but I write to music anyway and becauseresonated with me so much, I could just hear the words forming in my head.
Going back to the start, how did you first become interested in poetry? I know you’ve spoken a lot in the past about how Jacob Sam-La Rose had a major influence on you as a teenager in Wembley. As a teenager, I lived in northwest London with my family and ended up joining a local youth club nearby. It had zero funding but an older Jamaican gentleman ran it, and he always kept us in the loop about any free events. He invited me to a workshop one day, and that’s when I met Jacob. He absolutely changed my life. There’s no way I would be speaking to you right now if I had never met him.
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