poetry / spoken word

good luck harry for tonight!

so here's last night's footage (part 1 and part 2 here) of the deuxieme semi final of the world cup poetry slam which has three of harry's poems in. having…

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June 9, 2012
france / poetry / spoken word

slam coupe du monde!

this week in paris harry baker gets to represent the uk in the world poetry slam finals. jen and i are heading over for a couple of nights to cheer…

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June 4, 2012
family / poetry

proper pop-up paper purple people

yes it's a mouth full! but it's from one of harry baker's new poems - here he is reciting it in hebron! go listen...

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May 21, 2012
poetry / spoken word

everything speaks in its own way

kate tempest has a book of poetry bundled with a cd and dvd - everything speaks in its own way. i've ordered my copy - looking forward to it. big…

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May 5, 2012
culture / poetry

international women’s day

today is international women's day. there seem to be lots of creative pieces out there but the one that i ended up diving into was @applesandsnakes poetry collective twitter feed…

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March 8, 2012
poetry / spoken word

word of mouth – banbury

friends in banbury involved in mosaic arts are hosting a spoken word event on march 9 with harry baker and el gruer which looks like it will be good. details…

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February 16, 2012
Music / poetry

old ideas – melancholy gospel?

leonard cohen's latest album old ideas is quite brilliant. he's widely recognised as a wonderful poet but what immediately grabbed me about the opening song going home following my last…

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February 7, 2012