Bread Poetry

Initiated by Luke Jerram, Bread Poetry is a collaboration between the artist, poets from around the UK and Hobbs House Bakery.

Each Saturday, a different poem will be baked onto at least 200 loaves of Wild White bread and sold to the public through five bakeries across the west country. Poets were selected from an open call and the arts project will run for at least 10 weeks and (January – March 2020). The poetry will be printed onto a small sheet of edible rice paper and baked onto the underside of each white loaf. Each Saturday the ‘Poet of the Week’ will be celebrated and for the same price as their standard loaf, the public will be able to read, share, contemplate and digest this unique artwork.

Bread Poetry combines Luke Jerram’s interest in giving people the opportunity for creative expression, and bringing people together – on this occasion, around the simple act of sharing bread and poetry.