'Song From a Former Slave' is a poem written by award winner author Jenny Mitchell. Florence-based black opera singer Marianna Athime Corsoni lends her voice to Jenny's words for MONITORacism magazine www.monitoracism.eu

Jenny Mitchell is joint winner of the Geoff Stevens’ Memorial Poetry Prize 2019, and winner of the Fosseway Poetry Competition 2020. She’s been published in several magazines including The Rialto, The Interpreter’s House and Under the Radar. Her work has been broadcast on BBC2 and Radio 4. A debut collection, Her Lost Language (Indigo Dreams Publishing) was selected as one of 44 Poetry Books of 2019 (Poetry Wales). @jennymitchellgo

Illustration by Unknown Artist, if image is recognised please contact Indigo Dreams Publishing.