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We’ve been so inspired by your stories of kindness across Coventry & Warwickshire that we’ve asked Coventry poet Lanaire Aderemi to write a poem about them.

Lanaire Aderemi (verse writer) is a playwright, poet, performer, theatre maker and workshop facilitator. Her work mainly explores the politics of memory whilst challenging the marginalisation of Black women’s voices, histories and stories. She is the author of a poetry anthology called ‘of ivory and ink’ and poet in a collaborative EP, ‘Ancient History’ with rapper, King Solomon. Lanaire was one of 30 artists in Coventry selected by the Coventry City of Culture Trust to produce a commissioned poem for #HumansofCov . Her show ‘an evening with verse writer’ intricately weaves poems from childhood to her present day and incorporates live music, audience interaction and storytelling. The play has been shown in theatres such as the Tristan Bates, Coventry Shop Front Theatre as part of the Shoot Festival and Warwick Arts Centre. Lanaire’s play ‘ you did not break us’ – a play based on the Egba market women protest in Nigeria was presented at the Birmingham Rep Theatre during her residency in the poetic theatre makers programme. In collaboration with Africa Writes and African Women Playwrights Network, she facilitated theatre workshops at Stoke Newington School as part of the Africa Writes Festival Programme. An art enthusiast, Lanaire has also worked with the Tate.