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Lemn Sissay's Poetry Rebels Episodes

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    The Internet Poets

    5/5 Lemn Sissay explores how poets have found a new route to audiences - the smartphone.

  2. The Establishment Poets

    4/5 How have the rebel poets stormed the establishment? Lemn Sissay charts their rise.

  3. The Slam Poets

    3/5 Lemn Sissay explores the biggest innovation in poetry of the last 50 years - the slam.

  4. The Political Poets

    2/5 Lemn Sissay discovers how spoken word poets made space for politics in their work.

  5. The Liverpool Poets

    1/5 Lemn Sissay explores how the Liverpool poets launched a revolution by performing live.