Tuesday 22 November 2011

Support Night Slot - 'The Notional Health Service'

I have the luck of a 10 minute support slot at Wicked Words on Wednesday 7 December @ Seven in Chapel Allerton in Leeds supporting Matt Harvey , the night is 8.30 till 11pm I think.

I also think that from 7pm (free) the Leeds Writers' Circle presents Shades of Leeds - a selection of poetry and prose extracts from their new anthology.

So NO PRESSURE THEN

I am working up a short set provisionally entitled 'The Notional Health Service' touching on disability, the meaning of Health in Mind, Body Spirit and Society. Should be a laugh a minute! So that is 10 laughs.....well maybe 1 or 2!

Hope you can all make it; "Do I worry, you can bet your life I do."
For you reggae fans, look this up - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsonQSbrFgE





WICKED WORDS @Seven -
Seven is based on Harrogate Road near the centre of Chapel Allerton. Find us just below Casa Mia Grande.  It's opposite the Library and 30 yards down the road towards Leeds City Centre.


Stand-Up Poet - Matt Harvey | Seven Arts - Wednesday 7 December

Stand-Up Poet - Matt Harvey Wednesday 07/12/2011 8.30pm Tickets : £6 /4 conc Doors 8pm
http://www.sevenleeds.co.uk/clients/sevenarts/MODULES/DIARY/DIARYMOD_item.asp?type=All&itemid=466

December's Wicked Words Showcase is Matt Harvey, writer, poet,and enemy of all thats difficult and upsetting. Matt’s way with words has taken him from Totnes to the Wimbledon Tennis Championships via Saturday Live, the Edinburgh Festival and the Work section of the Guardian.

Thursday 17 November 2011

Take one more step out of your comfort zone; listen up and take that step with pride

The sound of tau

What happens when engineers have dogs.



I too fetch the ball back to often!
Gaining a joy and purpose
That far out-strips the meaning of the act
I load, wait for the stretching of the elastic and its release
and run back tail wagging
Again and again to reload.
An automoton by my own self circulating patters,
Not really a breathing living thing any-more
Is it me, or does this machine run too often for you too?