• Book cover titled 'A Colourful Past,' featuring the subtitle 'poetry by Chandni Brown' and 'photography by Felix Brown,' with a black background and white and red text.
  • Large green tentacle sculpture with yellow dots on a building facade, with a caption that reads 'Green lurks in this city'.
  • Close-up of a green building facade with the sign 'Marsten Harcombe & Company Limited' and graffiti, with a black background overlay containing white text that reads, 'In hidden windows in concrete cages, in vegan cafes and conscious consumption.'
  • Colorful umbrellas hanging above a street with rainbow-colored banners and string lights, and a quote about human diversity and perception.
  • Graffiti mural of a person covering one eye with their hand, which has colorful tattoo-like markings. The person is wearing a dark beanie. To the right, there is a quote on a black background that reads, "It's in spray cans, the ones that adorn our city walls."
  • A graffiti-covered tunnel with a cobblestone path, leading to an exit with trees in the distance, and a black background with white text that reads 'From the surfaces of the northern quarter to the depths of an underpass.'
  • A black and white photo of brick buildings with windows, featuring a bright pink door and window frames and pink drainpipes. Graffiti is visible on the lower part of the brick wall. Text in white reads: "But red lurks in the history books."
  • Photo of a red brick building with large windows, trees, and a black fence, alongside a black background with white text that reads, "In the bricks of the factories, and the price of revolution."
  • A photo of a bridge over a canal with buildings and a sunset in the background, with a quote on the right side that reads: "In the prick of a spindle, and the birth of an industry."
  • Reflected streetlights and buildings on a wet, cracked asphalt street with puddles and a yellow curb, paired with a black background with white text that reads: 'It was red that once seeped in the streets and the water.'
  • Urban cityscape at sunset with pink, orange, and red hues in the sky, featuring modern glass buildings reflecting the fading light, and a dark street in the foreground.
  • Looking up at tall modern buildings against a blue sky with scattered clouds, with a quote about blue sailing across rivers and oceans.
  • A silver statue of a man in front of a modern brick building with metal window grilles, alongside white text on a black background that reads: 'With blue it made prints for the world to make fortunes, for blood to get bluer off broken, chapped hands.'
  • Night view of a tall building with colorful illuminated windows, accompanied by a poetic quote on the right side about rising to the skies through people and coal, with smoky eyes.
  • Nighttime mural graffiti of Papua New Guinea child with white face paint, holding rosary beads, with overlaid text about stories of profits and keen minds.
  • A small bird lying dead on the ground surrounded by dry leaves and dirt, with a black background on the right side containing white text that reads, 'But green was forgotten. Tramped and paved, compressed into paper in economical ways.'
  • A Gothic-style building with large arched windows and ivy growing on its facade under a cloudy pinkish sky, alongside a black background with a quote about a city fighting for faces, voices, ideals, and the rest.
  • Architectural view of historic stone buildings on Library Walk with overcast sky, accompanied by an inspirational quote about women's rights, workers, cooperation, and learning.
  • A person stands in front of a large outdoor fire burning wood and debris at night. On the right side, text reads: '...but where is that fight, now the whole world is burning?'
  • Black and white photograph of a narrow city alley with brick buildings, graffiti, a small street stand, and a woman walking. Overlaid to the right is a quote: "We walk through our city, and there's peace among pieces, fractions of action, when a revolution is needed."
  • Black and white photo of a city street with historic buildings and a bridge in the background, overlaid with a quote about changing history.
  • Red modern building facade with vertical panels next to a black background with white text asking about the color change of a structure from red to green.

A COLOURFUL PAST.

Poetry produced as part of the Manchester Wellbeing and Green Festival 2024.

ⓒ Published in the Commonword Anthology: How Green is our City? (2024) - an anthology of creative writing exploring ‘green’ issues across Manchester (UK).

Graphic representation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 13: Climate Action, featuring the number 13, the goal title, and an eye symbol with a globe inside.
Icon representing sustainable cities and communities, with five building silhouettes of various heights and styles, accompanied by the number 11 and the text 'Sustainable Cities and Communities' on a black background.
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