Through to the finals!

Last night I managed to win the Radio 4 Poetry Slam semi-final in Liverpool, so I'll be off to the final in The Conservatoire in Birmingham on October 6th. The semi-final will be broadcast on 24th September on Radio 4 at 11pm, so check it out, a... very very tough campaign. It was a great night, Abby and Scott Tyrell both made it to the last round, but got pipped at the post. I'm really looking forward to catching the edited version on the radio next week. Terribly exciting. Now I should be straight back into practice again, but I'm totally sleepy right now.
Thanks to the kind people who sent me messages of support, it does actually help!

September Missive

Well, I'm still practicing for the Radio 4 slam, which is suddenly next week, on the 12th in Liverpool. Well with the likes of Scotty Tyrell taking part it'll be a savage competition. I'll post the Radio 4 broadcast time as soon as I have it, it'll probably be about a week after.
I've got the details of the Dublin gig in October, it's at Colm Keegan's Nighthawks evening on the 17th of October at Cobalt Cafe, 16 North St. Georges St., Dublin. It should be a good evening, Dublin is picking up some superb mixes of music,poetry and stand up. The Belfast round of the All-Ireland Slam was won by Seamus Fox at he last Make Yourself Heard, so well done Seamus.

August missive

so it goes, we're holding the Belfast round of the All Ireland Slam at the next Make Yourself Heard on the 14th. Jenni Doherty is holding the L/Derry contest, so a good Ulster team is likely. I'm still obsessing on which poems to use in the Radio 4 semi, and which to save for the unlikely event of making it to the final. I'm also gigging on the 16th at the Pavilion on Ormeau Road, Belfast. There's a new venue open mic gig on the 23rd August at Studio 23 in Derriaghy.
I hope to be performing in Temple Bar in October too, but I don't have the date yet. I'm writing new stuff, just having difficulty completing them and have a fine collection of part written gems, hopefully my editor mode will return to me now I've got the latest issue of Ulla's Nib to press. Mostly I'm reading Graves collected works at the moment, which is a larf and to be recommended to all heretics and iconoclasts.
If I can ever work out how to post audio and link it here, I'll stick up some performance. In the meantime, happy trails