A trip on Metro by a local poet has inspired a new display of thought-provoking verse on the platforms at Longbenton Metro station. Working in partnership with Royal Literary Fund Fellows at Newcastle and York Universities, Metro-operator Nexus is proud to support the display of four poems reflecting on the pandemic.
They have been unveiled at Longbenton; a busy commuter station used by more than a million customers every year. Poet Anna Woodford, from South Gosforth, came up with the initial idea. She said: I was on the Metro for the first time in a long time, feeling nervous but excited about some return to normality and thought that a lot of people were probably feeling the same ...
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