Two Poems

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Birthright

I’ve been diving back through

my ancestry

looking for power in my
birthrights

but all I’ve found so
far is crushing pressure

the darkest places of the world carried
around in people 

like they were
organs

such rooted and festering

violence

Atonement

(a contrapuntal)

Sarah Grant is a filmmaker and poet based in Glasgow. Her debut spoken word theatre show, "Spark" won Best Spoken Word show at the Saboteur Awards 2021, and her second show, "Oracles" was commissioned by the Scottish International Storytelling Festival. All of Grant’s work aims to be honest, feminist, and fearless.