The Long Road South to find True North

Take a poetry journey from loss to hope, from home to infinity, to find your own personal True North. 

100 people from Cornerstone Day Centre in Hulme, many affected by homelessness and other issues, have made poetic paths for all to follow, opening eyes to a wider world.

These restless poems leap from the page into 3-dimensions. Intriguing, bright and curious poetic paper sculptures, filled with intense life experience. Navigation tools for the journey – “wish frogs”, folded globes, infinity poems. And songs for the journey…

Echoing the footsteps of the footloose Japanese haiku poet Basho, our word-magicians lead us onward to help each of us find our own inner Northstar.

This year-long project at Caritas Cornerhouse Day Centre was co-created by the makers with poet Philip Davenport, artists Christine Johnson and Darren Marsh.

Funded by Arts Council England

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