NOT A BAD WORD - Poetry event - Tues 20th June 2023 at a new venue

 

Change of venue for this event - it's now being held at The Princess Alexandra, a well-known Crouch end pub in Park Rd, N8.

The event happens next Tuesday and we've got a great line-up of interesting performers. I'll be posting more info on Facebook and Instagram when names are finalised. 

 But hey!  If you're a hidden poet and you want to come out of the closet, come along for the first half when the Open Mic section is happening.  Virgin poets of any age are welcome and will be given an enthusiastic welcome and a round of applause!  Likewise, if you want to sing us a song or play us a tune!

SEE YOU TUESDAY!

Not a Bad Word Poetry Event - recorded from April 2023 here's the YouTube link

This video was recorded at a poetry/spoken word event that took place at The Harringay Arms, Crouch Hill, London, Crouch End, N8 in April 2023. All camerawork and video recording by Dave Milner (professional photographer).

What a wealth of talented performers, poets, storytellers, and singers with an international flavour. The performers were mainly North London based, some from an Enfield poetry group, some from Highgate Poets and some from Hackney and Holloway. We started with Alan Day (who came for the open mic) who says he writes narrative, accessible poetry with a touch of comedy. Followed by Rob Saunders - a melodic poet who also happens to make the masks for The Phantom of the Opera - in the West End. Anna Mikiewicz - a Polish poet who runs a publishing company called Literary Waves - which publishes American and Eastern European anthologies Poppy Mendenis - a poet and reedy-voiced singer, she sometimes here accompanies Sumana on her guitar. She runs her own poetry workshops. Nejdet Atas a Kurdish -Turkish poet who came to read a poem from a famous Turkish poet for the Open Mic. Alan Wolfson, (in)famous in Crouch End- a clever alliterative wordsmith. Alan is running a poetry event for The Crouch End Festival on July 7th 2023 Mary Duggan who is the co-MC for this event ( she runs the first half) also runs poetry events for Enfield Poets and is herself an accomplished poet - a poetic, feminist, Climate Change activist. Tess Joseph, a Jewish Lesbian poet who tells Yiddish stories about her Jewish grandmother Alex Allen whose original poetry has been displayed in the National Poetry Library - a member of Highgate Poets. and Anna Meryt (co-MC with Mary Duggan) a well-published poet and memoir writer with 2 (about to be 3) poetry collections on Amazon. Sumana, an ordained Buddhist from the Triratna buddhist community, is a musician with very many years experience who has his own band and sometimes puts on music and poetry events at the North London Buddhist Centre in Holloway Road, London, N7, He is also an accomplished poet and story-teller and on this video plays the banjo.

Here's the link - Not A Bad Word April 2023

Not a Bad Word Poetry and Spoken Word Event May 16th -7pm Harringay Arms, N8

 

We've got some great poets from North London coming to perform their poetry. 

Plus there's a smattering of musicians 🎜🎝🎜🎜🎜♫♬coming to sing or play the odd number.  Plus there's OPEN MIC for either experienced poets 

to randomly turn up and read ONE poem 

or and most importantly there's 

Open Mic for you hidden poetry virgins out there.  

You've been writing poems in secret all those years - 

bring your best one along 

and give it an airing in public for the first time.  

You know you want to