mattpointblank’s avatarmattpointblank’s Twitter Archive—№ 14,536

        1. Met a performance artist this week in Belfast. She's doing a show called "grandmothers are superheroes". She chatted to us in a pub. (1/5)
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        As we spoke, it reminded me of the poem my Nan asked me & my mum to read at her funeral 6 years ago. She was frail but sharp as a nail (2/5)
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      Nan raised 10 kids: a fulltime job. But she secretly wrote poetry when she somehow found time. She left us this amazing poem to read: (3/5)
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    Called "Sea-King's Burial", it's about a Viking chief's death and burning: writ-in-water.com/2013/02/08/sea-kings-burial/ (4/5)
    oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
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      There's a lot of strong, powerful women in my life, & almost all of them are descended from my nan, Sylvia. Was nice to be reminded of her.