Current Projects
An Aviary of Common Birds
Released August 31st, 2023 // 112 Pages
978-1-915760-30-2 // RRP £10.99
An Aviary of Common Birds is Lalah-Simone Springer’s first collection of poetry. It is an emotionally raw work built on the poet’s deep wells of inner strength and heart-warming sensitivity.
“Springer’s poems are paeans to the relishing of ordinary details… It is a book humid with the erotic, crackling with aural energy” - Sylee Gore
Read full review on the Poetry Foundation
Springer’s poetry asks questions about love, family, community and working class relationships, and at the heart of the writing is acceptance.
An Aviary of Common Birds is a collection which is always there for the lonely, reaching out a hand, dreaming of a brighter future.
Poetic Place
Poetic Place was a poetry facilitation project commissioned by Havering London which explored Havering’s changing cultural identity by working with young people and marginalised communities through workshops with schools, alternative provision units and disabled groups, as well as public open mic events.
Over five months Lalah-Simone Springer (Poetry Facilitator) and Jordan Abankwah (Producer) we engaged more than 260 people, gathered almost 100 poems. These poems were selected and edited by Lalah, and the final set of 25 poems will be published on billboards and hoardings around Havering.
Photo by Sammy Picone.
Cyclical Music
Cyclical Music is a collaborative poetry and music project by Lalah-Simone Springer and Curtis Elvidge. The first album explores themes of liminal spaces through the lens of romantic relationships, suggesting that liminal spaces are a place for ‘becoming’. Each track on the album leaves space for the listener to bring their own experiences. The genre is electronic, ambient low-fi jazz.
The themes align with Springer’s first poetry collection, ‘An Aviary of Common Birds’, an exploration of love, loss and working class relationships, which is due to be released by Broken Sleep Books in August 2023.
Cyclical Music is now available to listen to on all streaming platforms, including Apple Music and Spotify.
Previous Projects
Lala Oblaka Jewellery (2018)
As seen in Vogue US, London Evening Standard
Text from Kerb: Lalah says “people have been decorating themselves since they found out that mud and water made paste – it’s part of being alive, it’s not frivolous! And should be fun, ethical and accessible”.
From a family of makers – “my Grandma was a sorceress with the sewing machine, I still use a bright orange doily that she wove by hand on my stall”, she uses yarn in everything she makes.
Why yarn? “It’s inviting, the repetitive movements it takes to make a pompom are meditative and when people see them it takes them to a place of childlike delight.
“My Mum is a hairdresser who can work absolute magic but I can’t understand why this kind of craftsmanship isn’t considered art. It’s seen as women’s work, while sculpting and painting are somehow more legitimate. I call it “art of the lovely everyday”.
Tree poems (2021)
Woodlands TV (Collaboration with Sava Films)
A six part film and poetry exploration into Trees.
Trees speak to each other using networks underground.
Tree poems (2021)
With poems written by Lalah-Simone Springer, in these films we give trees a voice as they ponder their own existence through a human lens.