Category Archives: SpokenWord report

Report from ‘Guilty Pleasures’ featuring Margo Berdeshevsky

Posted on May 5, 2013 by David Barnes

Margo Berdeshevsky’s guilty pleasures were gifts of lingerie and a moth. ”Dear ex ex ex ex ex’, she wrote. Then sent ‘Postcards to the Body Politic.’ Natasha Larousse, arrived from the U.S.S.R. with vodka. Owen sang the history of Jersey from … Continue reading →

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Report from April 22!

Posted on April 26, 2013 by albertorigettini

Report by Alberto, Pictures by Sabine Dundure (Full Album Here). Song to listen while reading this report: New Order – Blue Monday. Weekly poem: Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden, shared by Alex Manthei. Featured artists: Boutefeu. Theme: Strange. Even … Continue reading →

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Report from Consequences 15th April 2013

Posted on April 21, 2013 by David Barnes

Is death like passing through business class on the way out of a plane looking for something to steal? asked Cralan – featured poet down from Amsterdam, a high-energy Robinson Crusoe. Sophia’s very existence was the result of a catalogue … Continue reading →

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Report From April 8: Swedish Girls?

Posted on April 14, 2013 by albertorigettini

Report by Alberto. Pictures by Sabine Dundure. Shuffle the full album here. Songs to listen while reading this report: Robyn – Call Your Girlfriend. Abba – Dancing Queen. Wel-Com-Na til Spoken Word Paris! Finally a very controversial theme: Swedish Girls. … Continue reading →

Report from March 25: Clichès!

Posted on April 1, 2013 by albertorigettini

Report by Alberto. Pictures by Sabine Dundure. Shuffle the whole album here. It was a dark and stormy night, in Paris everyone one was wearing long sleeves striped shirt, smoking in cafès with a baguette under the armpit. The theme … Continue reading →

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Report from Navigation, 18th March

Posted on March 25, 2013 by David Barnes

We start at 8.30 now, sign up in person at the bar from 7.30pm. Photos by Sabine, report by David. Amel sang Rocketman, David Sirois navigated the magnetic clouds. Tyrannosaurus Rex spoke to the hairless monkeys, and Yann. Melinda was … Continue reading →

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Report from March 11

Posted on March 16, 2013 by albertorigettini

By Alberto. Pictures by Sabine Dundure. Full Album Here. Theme: Secrecy Cristelle as Pastry-Chef, The two following poets decided to pay tribute to our special guest: Pansy Maurer Alvarez’s wrote a sonnet, a response to “This Plot” by Alice Notley … Continue reading →

Persuasion

Posted on March 10, 2013 by David Barnes

It’s almost victory day here in town, to mis-quote James Jewell who was here for the European launch of his chapbook, Ships Made of Fake Fur. The night began with Rachel singing – our youngest ever Spokenworder. Huge numbers of people. … Continue reading →

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Report from February 25: Hometown!

Posted on February 28, 2013 by albertorigettini

Report by Alberto. Pictures by Sabine Dundure. Full Album Here. Huge crowd and incredible First Round! How: “Allons enfants de la Patisserie” by Thomas and Bibi remarking she’s got clones everywhere. One is an Italian Singer. Giorgia? Helene thinking Heavy … Continue reading →

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Report from Illusions in the form of a poem.

Posted on February 24, 2013 by David Barnes

I tried to steal phrases from almost everyone who read and combine them. Should give a kaleidoscopic poem tangentially related to the night. As Christelle says, content has been getting really good lately. Hope you’ll submit some of that to … Continue reading →

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