SpokenWord Paris

A friendly gathering to kick off the new season of Spoken Word. Joanna brought Flowers for You and A Breath of May before Driving Backwards in Paris. Rufo’s monks left no trace in Iceland, setting off in their coracles for suicide or sanctity. His city belongs to drag queens. Thomas carried out a Soft Revolution. He’s only an Innocent Boy who Wanted to do a Bad Thing before he dies. Dona D. Leter told us in the language of Moliere (who would’ve been a slam poet if he could) how it is to be in a crypt, improvised 2 slam poems on the spot and exhorted us to speak more French! Adrian gave a riposte and read various things before ending with a Cosy Biscuit.I was Addicted to Words, as always.
It was a good night. Some 25 people, not bad for the first of the season. Great to catch up with everyone who came, including Sophia who’s off to La Reunion and James who survived a plane crash this summer. And above all it was great to be reminded why these nights are important – to see someone alone on the stage reading poetry that has touched them, or even that they’ve written themselves, in a space where everyone wants to hear what they have to say. Yeah!
Sadly missed: Neil Uzzell, now in Chicago. Conrad & Charlie, now in Cambridge.
Missing in action: Conor Quinn. If you see this man, possibly walking a large Brazilian dog, you are advised to contact the relevant authorities.

L’heure 9h30, le date le 24 septembre

O children of Byron and Shelley, poets are the unrecognised legislators of the world!

Avant le démenagement à Belleville, un dernier Spoken Word dans le cave du Highlander (8 rue de Nevers, Métro Pont-Neuf/Odéon/St Michel.) Le thème: la poèsie, soi-même! Faites tous que vous pouvez avec ça, vous enfants de Byron, Shelley, Baudelaire et Rimbaud!

Les poètes sont les législateurs du monde pas reconu!

Cheers,
David

The Ogre is dead! Long live the Cabaret Populaire!

“…a flawed character. Greatly talented, passionate, full of venomous distaste for society and social institutions, lacking all respect for rank and privilege. Thwarted in love by social constraint or death, condemned to exile for rebellion. Hides an unsavoury past. Arrogant, overconfident, lacking foresight. Ultimately, acts in a self-destructive manner.”

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=CYYFDwiLApw

Spoken Word is lying on a beach somewhere, dangling its toes in the turquoise sea until September.

It may return to Paris at short notice for excursions to Culture Rapide/Cabaret Populaire at http://www.culturerapide.com/index2

9pm Tuesday 24th June at The Highlander. 8 rue de Nevers Metro Pont Neuf/Saint Michel.

Poems, stories, monologues, dialogues, songs, etc. sought for the next Spoken Word. Off-topic stuff also welcome.

Fragments you’ve collected, insights, dreams, tales, accounts of what you’ve gained or lost on the way… life is a journey; those who swim against the tide of time are lost, they retain nothing and regret it in the end.

Voyage. Amenez tous les textes vous pouvez trouvez avec un lien sur le sujet, ou meme sans lien… vos textes ou les textes des autres que vous aimez… et que vous allez lire et interpretre! Les histoires, les reves, les fragments disparus, les carnets de voyage, les chansons… tous!

21h mardi le 24 juin

David