Celebrated writer Lemn Sissay MBE (52) is known for his poetry, plays and broadcasting work. He was the official poet of the London Olympics in 2012 and won the PEN Pinter Prize for a work of outstanding literary merit in June this year.
I’d demand an international rethink on immigration. I migrated from my mother’s womb. What is marriage other than migration from family? What is university other than migration of ideas? Migration is at the heart of who we are. What is death other than the migration of air? The word “migration” isn’t owned by politicians. It’s part of who and what we are. To be anti-immigration is to put soap beneath the wings of a bird.
I’d make it a national religion to choose your own God. We’d be unified in belief that there’s a higher power. We all have different ideas of God and this super religion will decree that it’s OK to love any God in any way you choose. If God’s a stone, then God’s a stone. If God’s your child, then so be it. If you believe in not believing then believe in the God of disbelief. That you believe in something greater than yourself is all I’d ask.
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