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The poems of Oliver James Lomax, the music of Pete Whitfield
1 Hold This Chicken Whilst I Dance To Smooth Criminal
2:09
During a poetry workshop in a SEND School, Oliver is handed a baby chicken to hold by a boy whilst he dances to Smooth Criminal.
2 Picasso’s Guernica Arrives At A Car Showroom In Manchester
2:15
In early 1939 Picasso’s huge canvas is exhibited in a car showroom on Deansgate in Manchester.
3 I Thought I Saw Her There On Google Earth
2:26
Oliver sees the ghost of his Nan in L.S Lowry’s painting ‘Going to the Match’
4 Right to Roam
2:55
The story of the Kinder Scout and Winter Hill Mass Trespass, inspired after holding Benny Rothemans’s handwritten trial defence notes at the Working Class Movement Library.
5 Stumps
3:20
A working - class cricket poem set on a council estate in Little Lever, Bolton.
6 Nags Head
2:18
A time travelling poem of love, grief, and sobriety, set in a long-forgotten pub in Little Lever, Bolton.
7 I Have Slept Rough In These Black And White Photographs
3:05
Written in the landscape of memory, concerned with the shedding of skins and the various ghosts we leave behind in one lifetime.
8 Shop Mobility
2:12
A journey through grief and sobriety.
(A poem written in memory of Margaret Lomax)
(A poem written in memory of Margaret Lomax)
9 Talking Rocky Raccoon Death Bed Blues
3:01
Oliver walks to visit his Nan for the final time and plays her favourite Beatles’ song.
(A poem written in memory of Margaret Lomax)
(A poem written in memory of Margaret Lomax)
10 Dementia Ward (At The Last Supper)
2:08
Oliver comes to terms with his nan’s vascular dementia whilst standing before Da Vinci’s The Last Supper in Milan.
(A poem written in memory of Margaret Lomax)
(A poem written in memory of Margaret Lomax)
11 Once I Had A Secret Love
2:15
Oliver reads poems to his Nan for the final time as she sits up in her bed and sings ‘Once I Had A Secret Love’ by Doris Day. (Music by Sammy Fain.)
(A poem written in memory of Margaret Lomax)
(A poem written in memory of Margaret Lomax)
12 The Two Hanging Baskets Outside Morrisey’s Teenage Home
3:51
Oliver gives an unsolicited tour of The Smiths landmarks to secondary school pupils.
13 Quint
4:14
A story of friendship and sobriety.
14 TONYBLERONE
2:31
The tale of a giant Toblerone signed by Tony Blair.
15 Tonight
1:38
A love letter of hope.
16 Be
2:50
Dedicated to Oliver’s brother and the memory of Bebe King.
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