Commissioned by Speaking Volumes & BBC Your Local Arena Project to write four poems for Black History Month (October 2023).
The Sound of the Sea
Helen Thomas was a shortlisted candidate for Plymouth Laureate of Words 2023-25. The public were invited to watch videos from all of the candidates, each performing their own new piece on a theme of 'Blue Spaces', and then cast their vote for the next Plymouth Laureate of Words on the Literature Works website.