Another instalment of the Pickle Jar, this week we are joined by amazing teacher and poet Peter Kahn.
Peter Kahn was commended in the National Poetry Competition 2009 and 2017. He is a founding member of Malika’s Kitchen and co-founder of the London Teenage Poetry Slam. He has been a school teacher and university lecturer, as a Visiting Fellow at Goldsmiths-University of London, he founded the Spoken Word Education Training Programme. Peter holds an MA in English Education from The Ohio State University and an MFA in Creative Writing from Fairfield University. Along with Patricia Smith and Ravi Shankar, Peter edited The Golden Shovel Anthology: New Poems Honoring Gwendolyn Brooks. Peter wrote and judged the Young Poets Network Golden Shovel challenge in 2019.
We look at this absolute blazer by Terrance Hayes called Carp poem. You can check it here :
https://afroeditions.com/post/137238330424/carp-poem-by-terrance-hayes
Sound editing by Arji Manuelpillai
Music by BpMoore, Cinematiks and Raspberrymusic
