tales and thank-yous from the dark side....
Just a quick shout-out to say that Friday's Poetry Kapow was a handsomely-dressed bunch of poetry fun. Thanks to our open-mic poets, featured artists, contributors of STUFF, light and sound and bar-folk, documentors, fortune-teller (!), and other willing punters and participants. Video and audio recording will be available soon. Thanks to photographer Anna Berry for her stunning gallery of the eve...
Monday 16th November 2009 12:46 pm
Mercy killing - my paean to shopping, because it is my local sport...
Eat, drink, consume, die
All the rest is punctuation.
Blue cross, star buy.
Fulfil your obligation
More junk, more diet.
That'll keep the kiddies quiet
Else, God knows they'll start a riot.
Smoother lines and plumper pout.
Scratch away the self-doubt
Or just scream to drown it out.
Save my breath up for the gym
Dumb me down and make me slim
Force-feed porn on wider screens
To violate ...
Friday 9th October 2009 9:57 pm
national poetry wahay!
Had a gorgeous time on National Poetry Day. Not because I got to see the poet lauriete, I'm a bit of a fan, but she's not much of a reader; not because I saw John Hegley perform a couple of favourites and not because Dreadlock Alien gave us some high-octane spirited performance as usual.. but because performance poets love to stand at the back, drink and bitch about everything. Made some great new...
Friday 9th October 2009 9:35 pm
Edinburgh
Metrolyptic
Warp, weft and cryptic.
These knotted streets,
Painted, Scripted...
Look up:
This crumpled mountain
Embraced by ocean,
Awash with the splashed emotion
Of those thrusting themselves
Into this attrition,
Battling the elements and competition.
Look up:
This imposing fortress.
Stacked bombastic monument of grandeur,
Daily announcing itself with noisy candour.
Whilst a washin...
Tuesday 22nd September 2009 8:43 pm
for those about to slam....
Unfortunately, I don't have time to go into too much detail here, but I have a lot that needs to be said about a certain poetry event which happened last night.
A group of 5 of us travelled into London to take part in a slam, as well as to watch a number of "featured" performers. Many of the performers were excellent, and there were certainly a lot of good things about the evening.
However: terr...
Friday 18th September 2009 12:37 pm
For those about to Kapow...
Sometimes, there are those days where nothing quite goes right, your timing goes awry, people let you down or perhaps you just disappoint yourself with your efforts. And just occasionally, crazy ideas work out just fine, everything's ready on time, people exceed expectations with their generosity and talent, and you kick yourself for ever doubting it all.
But I've now seen artists building a gard...
Sunday 12th April 2009 10:55 am
Poetry-related events unfold in Milton Keynes
Spent the evening at a "Crucible Session" with the usual suspects of milton keynes' poets. Basically our best performers are putting some of their favourite pieces to music, or adding some dramatic effects and other voices for our annual celebration of live music and performance, called Stony Live. So I got very excited about all the drum-banging and the prospect of playing a cantankerous french g...
Sunday 5th April 2009 10:32 pm
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