Author Archives: David Barnes

No SpokenWord 16th Jan. Next SpokenWord 23rd Jan.

Last week at the Hirondelle was great – great crowd, great poetry. But unfortunately the Hirondelle has been hit with a large police fine for noise in front of the bar and have decided to stop doing events like ours. … Continue reading

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SpokenWord at the Hirondelle 9th January

Walt Whitman said to have great poets, you must have great audiences. And with the temporary closure of the Chat Noir’s basement ours has been dropping. And no wonder! Not everyone wants to battle to be heard in a noisy … Continue reading

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first SpokenWord in 2023 on 9th January

More details to follow

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SpokenWord at the Chat Noir Sept 5th 2022

Theme – la rentrée/the Return As always the theme is there to inspire you, and if it doesn’t then feel free to ignore it. the return to? the return from? the return of? what exactly was/has/will be returned? re-entry? back … Continue reading

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Next SpokenWord at the Chat Noir? Monday 5th September. Meanwhile AWOL writers’ workshop continues every Sunday in July and August.

For more info see post pinned to top of thread.

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Tonight Wednesday 22nd at L’Impasse poetry from David Barnes, songs from Kristina Vaughan, followed by an open mic

Unfortunately Sophia has Covid and can’t perform because she might still be contagious. So… this event will now include an OPEN MIC section, as announced at SpokenWord on Monday. The open mic will follow the sets by David Barnes (poetry … Continue reading

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Looking back at SpokenWord Paris in 2021

Photo by Sabine. We were first back in the Chat Noir in July, then regularly every Monday from September. Before that we did some SpokenWords outside when the weather was good enough. It was great to be back at the … Continue reading

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1st SpokenWord of 2022

10th January theme – Imaginary friends

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Zoom link for tonight’s event Spoken Word Paris meets the Nuyorican Poets Cafe

Zoom link to join this event tonight Sunday 8pm Paris time / 2pm NYC https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89885001555

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Two Venues – One Mic. Sunday 14th November 8pm Paris time, 2pm NYC.

An exchange of poetry between poets an ocean apart – 8 poets in the Chat Noir, 8 poets in the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, linked and projected in sound and vision. Come to either venue to hear all 16 poets do … Continue reading

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