Live Performance: Bristling Lovers
My performance At Bristol’s Poetry Pulpit #28 event, 16 March 2014
My performance At Bristol’s Poetry Pulpit #28 event, 16 March 2014
Originally posted on Robert Garnham:
Performance poetry. Spoken word. Slam poetry. Comedy poetry. Or just plain ‘poetry’. It seems there’s so much variety in what we do yet I’m still not sure what to call myself when people ask. A poet? That doesn’t seem to explain the performative nature. Performance poet? Then I have to…
Bringing people together from all across the world
Hommage to Sophie Lancaster R.I.P. 2007
I recently spoke to Lucy English on using multimedia with poetry. Lucy has done several multimedia poetry projects since she began performing poetry in 1996.
What is the best (or worse) time of day to go to a place? This is my example of when not to go to the supermarket: If you go to the supermarkets in the afternoon, you have to step around kids who belong on leashes. They scream and almost make you trip over your…
If you have a pet, perhaps do a poem about your pet’s favourite place. . My dog’s favourite place My dog’s favourite place is in the washing basket. Serves me right for not putting away my clothes, I guess. At least she is warming up my dressing gown. But if I become itchy or smelly the…
Pick out one of the pictures below. Is there a story behind it? What senses can you include in the poem; what would this place feel, smell, taste, sound, and look like? As an example, I made a poem based on this picture: The Wind Blower Owl has lived in the tree for so long that…
As per my previous post, I’m gathering a collection of poems that are about Place. In case you don’t have any poems about a certain place, here are some writing prompts: Finish the sentence, “Home is…” Where is a place that I would recognise purely by the smell? Where is a place that I would…
My next Spartan radio segment is on this Wednesday. This week’s theme is “Place”. If you have any poems that are about a certain place (either your own work or from a poet you like), then send it through to me and I’ll read it live on radio. Or, better yet, record it and send…
This reminded me how much I love Scott’s poetry!
Spoken Word Podcasts I met this lovely lady the other night at a poetry gig. Her website is full of spoken word podcasts full of poetry and storytelling and plenty more. Definitely worth a look!