Life as a poem

Masterclass

By Ngwatilo Mawiyoo
Friday, 27th June
10:30am – 12:00pm

Learn where to look within to re-language personal experiences and harness joy, pain and despair at world events into poetry with Momtaza Mehri.

Momtaza Mehri is a British-Somali poet, essayist, editor, and researcher. She is a former Young People’s Poet Laureate for London and winner of the 2019 Manchester Writing Prize. Her writing has featured in the Guardian, POETRY, Granta, Wasafiri, Bidoun, The White Review and on BBC Radio 4.

She works across criticism, translation, anti-disciplinary research practices, education and radio. Her poetry collection, Bad Diaspora Poems is the winner of an Eric Gregory Award and the 2023 Forward Prize for Best First Collection.

Supported by the British Council’s UK/Kenya Season 2025.