Light Echo - A new poem by Manchester City Poet Nóra Blascsók - Manchester City of Literature

Light Echo - A new poem by Manchester City Poet Nóra Blascsók - Manchester City of Literature

Light Echo is a new poem commissioned by Manchester City of Literature for Festival of Libraries 2025. Light Echo A girl sat at E2 looks up at the light bursting through the glass dome, therefore get wisdom, and with all thy getting, get understanding. 90 years ago, six-year-old Joan from Moss Side saw the King here, not expecting to return, aged sixty, to write her first essay on local history. The girl’s skipped breakfast, can’t focus on ecolo…