A writer who published a poetry map of the nooks and passageways of the City of London has retraced her steps by issuing a second edition of the map, 11 years on. Eco-poet and walking artist Lucy Furlong has discovered new terrain and new stories in the second edition of Amniotic City.

The self-published first edition was reviewed in the Guardian at the time: “This is a beautiful exploration of the way a city can consciously and unconsciously suppress an important part of its nature, and how a little imaginative trowel-work can revel what is hidden – and transform the things you see around you every day.”

There is a video that accompanies the poetry map.

In it Furlong, who runs creative writing workshops on psychogeography, says: “I have gone back a few times over the years … it just made me think about how old bits of the City are”. She also speaks about a “female presence, underneath all the concrete and architecture … anyone with a copy of the map can search around that space, and pinpoint where the poems were written.”

You can buy a copy of Lucy Furlong’s Amniotic City here

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