Author Archives: David Barnes

Rolling that last cigarette

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End of the night

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Reports are reaching us from 2nd May at the Ogre

The Paris streets were like a ghost town last night – everyone was indoors watching the great Sego vs Sarko debate. But in the Ogre à Plumes Spoken Word filled the upstairs bar for an intimate gig that spilled out … Continue reading

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Nila wishes a heartfelt Good Morning to everyone who has stayed so long that it is now in fact morning.

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Kurt Vonnegut is dead. Henry is momentarily confused.

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Ariana Reines – winner of the 2006 Alberta Prize – "anarchic, graphic and literal" her poetry "cannibalizes everything."

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Review of The Live Poets Society

Jen who does the fragment78 listing told me I had to go to this, so I did. And it was well worth it. Just 3 poets read, two sets of 12 minutes for each poet. The quality is really high. … Continue reading

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Conor at L'Ogre à Plumes

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What is Spoken Word?

It’s open mic/scène ouvert.It’s bilingual, English and French, but mostly English.C’est poésie sonore. Lire vivant. According to Wikipedia: Spoken word is a form of literary art or artistic performance in which lyrics, poetry or stories are spoken rather than sung. … Continue reading

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Jack Kerouac quote

‘The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, … Continue reading

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