Spoken Folk

An evolving post of signposts to a process, a performance and then an archive of texts and recordings.

Verve Poetry Festival Celebration of Live Poetry

I am celebrating in Birmingham tonight at the Hippodrome for the Verve Poetry Festival https://vervepoetryfestival.com/ celebration of four different Brum open mic scenes. There will be a few open mic slots. I hope to get one but won't mind if I don't. Should be an inspiring night. Poetry filling a big theatre.

Poetry in the sauna

The time I recited one of my poems to a Premier League player in the sauna of a local gym

Recording in a studio

Yesterday I booked two hours at our community recording studio, Soundworks, at Blackbird Leys Community Centre. I recorded nine poems. Hear them on SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/thelastpoet. https://soundcloud.com/thelastpoet. I am getting used to SoundCloud and what it can and cannot do. In the studio, for two hours I got about 18 minutes of poetry recorded, listened and … Continue reading Recording in a studio

Recovering thelastpoet

I have been thelastpoet on Soundcloud for more than 10 years. I am planning now to start using the name and the space. I am negotiating for some time in a local studio. Meanwhile I have uploaded three new pieces. Words only. Rough and ready. Enjoy thelastpoet. thelastpoet · Another story in Ukraine thelastpoet · … Continue reading Recovering thelastpoet

Oxford Poetry Library

A crowded evening at This Is Just To Say: spoken word open mic: about 50 people all told: 16 readers + a guest poet, Em Pritchard. Em was great: finely observed, personal and well tuned pieces about life in between. I read last in the first half. In the audience were two of the poets … Continue reading Oxford Poetry Library

Back at the Catweazle Club 09 Feb 2023 – the beat rolls on

Catweazle is important to my development as a poet.