Madinah Farhannah Thompson
and still i
This text is a response to Likkle More: A Walk, A Plot(ting), James Jordan Johnson’s performance at TIDING (April 2022).
TIDING was a day of performance hosted by ]ps[ at two historic sites of worship in Folkestone and Romney Marsh. ]ps[ invited three writers - Madinah Farhannah Thompson, selina bonelli and Sara Sassanelli - to respond to the six works presented at TIDING.
︎︎︎ about TIDING
Likkle More: A Walk, A Plot(ting), A Land, James Jordan Johnson. Photos by Manuel Vason.I reminisce.
The wind blows from somewhere
And I am elsewhere.
Homelands are home
Wastelands are here.
I chew.
Thinking of coconut husks
thinking on
these husks
Remnants
And those who were left behind
I chew.
Thank you.
(I was offered a gift)
The gift of
The wind blows from somewhere
And I am elsewhere.
Homelands are home
Wastelands are here.
I chew.
Thinking of coconut husks
thinking on
these husks
Remnants
And those who were left behind
I chew.
Thank you.
(I was offered a gift)
The gift of
pimento /pɪˈmɛntəʊ /
▸ noun
(plural pimentos)
1 variant spelling of pimiento.
2 chiefly West Indian another term for allspice. – ORIGIN late 17th century : from Spanish pimiento (see pimiento).
▸ noun
(plural pimentos)
1 variant spelling of pimiento.
2 chiefly West Indian another term for allspice. – ORIGIN late 17th century : from Spanish pimiento (see pimiento).
If you were to chew this for me
Make it ready for me
to consume
(and I am always consuming)
words
knowledge
fresh, clean air
Transported on it to
another place
And in another place this seed was gathered
Hard
Hardened
Travelled
With us
Against us
And now I chew.
chewing and reminiscing
holding onto the pressure
to respond
This, an act of responding
And response
and in a 13th century English church (who am I)
in this place
Always looking.
Around the room
At who is in the room
Wondering.
who I am in this room
and still I chew.
Make it ready for me
to consume
(and I am always consuming)
words
knowledge
fresh, clean air
Transported on it to
another place
And in another place this seed was gathered
Hard
Hardened
Travelled
With us
Against us
And now I chew.
chewing and reminiscing
holding onto the pressure
to respond
This, an act of responding
And response
and in a 13th century English church (who am I)
in this place
Always looking.
Around the room
At who is in the room
Wondering.
who I am in this room
and still I chew.