November 18, 2014, by bramh2
Robin is in all of us
At the well attended and very well enjoyed “Subversion and Rebellion: Ballads and Storytelling: the case of Robin Hood” talk yesterday evening, one of our panellists Pippa Hennessey wrote the following fantastic poem in response to questions regarding the existence of Robin Hood and why the stories continue to be retold;
By Pippa Hennessy, Nottingham Writers’ studio
Robin is in all of us.
He’s in the boy who stands up to the bully
and the woman who leads a protest march,
he’s in your tongue when you say,
‘That’s not fair, you can’t make me do that.’
He’s in our legs when we run away
and our knuckles when we hit back.
He’s the granite of Slab Square,
Little John tolling the hours
and Brian Clough’s clenched fists.
His feet walk our streets every day.
He is in you. Stand tall.
Be Robin.
The talk was part of the University of Nottingham’s programme of events for the Being Human Festival of the Humanities 2014. The Heroes and Villains: subversion and rebellion in Nottinghamshire events programme for the rest of the week can be found at www.beinghumanfestival.org.
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