Monthly Archives: May 2007

Vaishakh (Buddha Pournima) by Maxime

“As all of life’s a tragedyThere’s no more point in choosing –The greatest moments of our livesWe’ll all soon end up losing.” Thus spake the Buddha, then he dancedInto the funeral pyre;And all his devotees, entranced,Watched him as he expired. … Continue reading

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My father rented an owl (+other shorts) by Conor Quinn

My father rented an owl for some goddamn reason. He set it up in the kitchen and we watched it for an hour as it swivelled its head and glowered at us with angry round eyes. It did little besides … Continue reading

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Good Morning by Nila McCann

Good Morning!What’s so good about it?Is it good because you said so?I hate mornings!What if I don’t feel that way? Why doesn’t anyone say…OK morning orbad morning oraverage morning orhungover morning or‘I’m sick of mornings’ morning? The truth about waking … Continue reading

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21st May at The Lizard Lounge

That was one of the best nights we’ve done yet. So thanks everyone who came. Three rounds of poetry, each about 8 short slots of 2 poems/5 minutes… but with some longer exceptions such as Xander’s moving story (We Walked … Continue reading

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Ink is blood by David Barnes

This is a kind of declaration or manifesto about writing, about it being a deep aspect of who I am. About choosing to write. (Do you choose? Perhaps only in the same sense as you choose whether to be yourself.) … Continue reading

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Going underground

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The Subterranean Poetry Club holds its first meeting

… somewhere under the 14th arrondisement. The square cut stone tunnels like some tomb, some long dead corridor in the soundless heart of a pyramid. 18 of us made the descent, 18 of us made it back, through a hole … Continue reading

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Deep underground performance… David Hawkins takes the stage

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Watery darkness

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The flooded labyrinth

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