Poetry: Crying in Morrisons

BSU graduate Ash Manganaro reflects on loneliness in an unfamiliar city in this poem commissioned specially for Milk. Illustration by Rebecca Stewart

The inspiration

Written as a response to their time during a year spent in a lot of unfamiliar places in the UK, we asked BSU graduate Ash to share their inspiration behind Crying in Morrisons. 

‘I have a distinct memory of being in Manchester for the first time, the first couple days had gone a bit sideways, I felt lonely and lost in this massive city where I didn’t know anyone; I distinctly remember breaking down into tears in the middle of a Morrisons and phoning my loved ones, which is what inspired the poem.’