Category Archives: Poetry

Dear Simon Armitage,

By admin | Published: October 27, 2009
I really enjoyed reading your collection ‘The Not Dead.’ Well, I didn’t enjoy it exactly. It hurt to read it. It hurt in the way that all beautiful things should hurt, like when you walk into a Catholic church and there’s Christ, hanging from the cross in all his majestic pain and glory with the [...]
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Feliks Topolski’s Brand New Chronicle

By admin | Published: October 19, 2009
Bohemian Squalor meets Upper-Class niceties – the essence of Feliks for only 30p Yes it’s here. The first of Feliks Topolski’s Brand New Chronicle comes to you on a shabby little chipshop printout, together with a fullscale poster of a Topolski Original. Full to the brim of fascinating observations – sketches, poetry, illicit letters and a fascinating editorial [...]
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Bernard Matthews Stole my Faith in Humanity

By admin | Published: October 11, 2009
I want to believe the Holocaust deniers I want to know that no man, no matter how angry Or proud of his nation Could lock the door on a chamber full of humans, Then come back later To stack up the bodies like meat. But then I remember how we treat our meat How living creatures sit Raw-bellied, swollen, stacked On shelves, the smell [...]
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Time to Chill, We’ve Got a Big Bang Already…

By admin | Published: October 2, 2009
Last night was one of those evenings that you spend so much time working towards that by the time it actually gets there you’re not entirely sure what hit you. In a good way. Recently we’ve been thinking up new ways to promote Feliks Topolski’s amazing memoir, so as well as the launch of our [...]
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Instant Rigor Mortis

By admin | Published: September 11, 2009
Another sweaty night at Poetry Unplugged leads to Abi’s first ever mention in The Guardian, in the amazing sentence: “…poems mainly about sex (including one about having sex with a corpse)” Yep, that was me. Click here to read the full article by Stephen Moss. Click here to catch Abi performing her necrophiliac spectacular.
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Moustache?

By admin | Published: July 31, 2009
Whoop dee whoop! A rollicking night at Bang! Said the Gun yesterday. Abi WINS  a feature length slot in September’s session (and a charming false moustache) with a poetic rap rendition of George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Smack My Pigs Up! Catch her poetic vibes on September 24th at Bang! Said the Gun, The Roebuck, Great Dover Street, SE1
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Poetry on the Fort!

By admin | Published: July 4, 2009
Just got back from a full-length poetry sesh on an island fort just off the South Coast. Lasers, hippies and amazing rugs were had by all. Highlights for me included being able to perform next to a fuck-off huge cannon, lots of boat rides and an impromptu MC session over the top of a whole load of [...]
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Replica Magazine

By admin | Published: March 26, 2009
Ever wanted to read an out of date food review or a short poem about masturbation? Click here.
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