Sequence in Painted, spoken 26

My sequence a latin mass has been published in issue 26 of the magazine Painted, spoken. in due course a PDF will appear on the magazine’s website.

• Website of Painted, spoken.

Poem in SCABS ARE RATS 1

My poem onslaught has been published in the zine SCABS ARE RATS. The zine is being distributed via guerrilla methods in London and elsewhere, to bring its activist poetry to varied and unsuspecting audiences, though a PDF is available on its website.

• SCABS ARE RATS website.

full spectrum apotheosis to be launched at The Blue Bus, 18th June 2013

Further news about my reading at the ongoing, monthly poetry series, The Blue Bus, on Tuesday 18th June. This will be the launch event for my new chapbook full spectrum apotheosis (Contraband Books), a visual/narrative poem in colour. It can be ordered from the Contraband Books website – £3.99, inc. p&p.

Also reading are Sarah Kelly and Nicolas Spicer, both terrific poets. SJ Fowler will join Sarah Kelly for the launch of their collaborative chapbook, Ways of Describing Cuts (Knives, Forks and Spoons Press).

The event starts 7.30pm at The Lamb pub, 94 Lamb’s Conduit Street, London WC1N 3LZ (in Bloomsbury, near Russell Square underground and Great Ormond Street Hospital). Admission is £5, or £3 for concessions.

• full spectrum apotheosis at the Contraband Books website.
• Contraband Books on Facebook.
• Knives, Forks and Spoons Press.

spider bite published by Kater Murr’s Press

My pamphlet spider bite is now out from Kater Murr’s Press. It comprises the poems spider bite and once bitten, and has gorgeous cover art by the poet and artist Alan Chong Lau.

• Kater Murr’s Press website, with an archive of past publications.
• View some of Alan Chong Lau’s art at the Francine Seders Gallery website.

Poem in TTHHEE RREESSTTRRUUCCTTUURREE

atomism is in TTHHEE RREESSTTRRUUCCTTUURREE, a zine published by the artists’ collective Ladies of the Press to document the launch party for Chris McCabe’s new poetry book, The Restructure (Salt, 2012). The event took place on Thursday 14th June 2012 at The George pub, 213 The Strand, London WC2R 1AP; Ladies of the Press compiled and printed the zine live at the gig, applying unique decoration to the cover of each copy. A PDF will appear on their website in due course.

• Website of Ladies of the Press.
• More on Chris McCabe’s The Restructure.

Poem in VLAK 3

the evitable clysm is in issue 3 of VLAK magazine. There will be a launch event for the magazine, 7pm – 8pm on Saturday 26 May 2012, at the Centre for Creative Collaboration, 16 Acton Street, London WC1X 9NG. This event is part of Birkbeck College’s Poetry and Revolution International Conference. The magazine launch will be followed at 8pm by further readings as part of the conference, with performances from Joan Retallack, Maggie O’Sullivan, Abdullah al-Udhari, Keston Sutherland, Ulli Freer and Mark Nowak.

• See  the issue’s full contents and order copies at the VLAK website.
• More on the Poetry and Revolution International Conference.

Poem in Writers Forearm

god particles is in Writers Forearm, a zine collecting work by 23 poets attending Writers Forum Workshop (New Series).

Contributors: Adrian Clarke, Wayne Clements, Ollie Evans, Ulli Freer, James Harvey, Jeff Hilson, Antony John, Fabian Macpherson, matt martin, JD Melling, Stephen Mooney, camilla nelson, Peter Philpott, Jennifer Pike Cobbing, Nat Raha, Linus Slug, William Rowe, Marcus Slease, Philip Terry, Juha Virtanen, Michael Weller, Johan de Wit, Michael Zand.

46 pages, £2. to acquire a copy, please email Antony John (antonyjohnfrancis[AT]hotmail[DOT]com) or Stephen Mooney (estaphin [AT]gmail[DOT]com).

2 poems in Herbarium – online anthology, book and forthcoming reading

Wayward Plants, a voluntary organisation that develops imaginative gardens on derelict sites, has created an Urban Physic Garden on Union Street in Southwark, south London – a temporary installation exploring plants and herbs with medicinal properties.

To compliment the project, the poet James Wilkes has assembled 95 poems by 56 poets. Each poem takes as its subject one of the plant species in the Physic Garden. These plants are labelled with QR codes (the square barcodes that smartphones can read), each linking to a specific webpage containing the poem. I have contributed the poems a dandelion clock and hop-pole.

On Friday 22 July 2011, the Urban Physic Garden will host a marathon reading by many of the participating poets, myself included. This event will also see the launch of Herbarium, a print anthology edited by James. The reading starts 7pm at 100 Union Street, London SE1 0NL. Free entry; food and drink will be available from the on-site ambulance/bar. Seating is under tarpaulins that can withstand moderate rain.

Published by Capsule Press, the anthology compiles all the poems written for the project. It has a beautiful design by Lina Hakim, hand-printed covers created by the Henningham Family Press and a CD insert of sound pieces and songs.

To order copies of the anthology at £5 plus p&p, please email herbariumanthology[AT]gmail[DOT]com.

Complete line-up for the reading: Chris McCabe, David Caddy, Liz Adams, Marcus Slease, Philip Terry, Steve Willey, Michael Zand, Kirsten Irving, Emily Hasler, Chris Page, Luke Heeley, John Clegg, Fabian Macpherson, Amy Cutler, Jeff Hilson, James Harvey, Claire Wilcox, Peter Philpott, Luke Rosier, Simon Barraclough, Laura Forman, Tim Cresswell, Nat Raha, Keith Jebb, Antony John, Holly Hopkins, James Wilkes, Jon Stone, SJ Fowler, Tessa Whitehouse, Mendoza, yours truly, Wayne Clements, Jon Shaw, Edmund Hardy, Tamarin Norwood.

• Herbarium flyer.
• Facebook group for the reading.
• Browse all the poems at the Urban Physic Garden website (recommended).
• Read a dandelion clock.
• Read hop-pole.
• More on the Urban Physic Garden.
• More on Wayward Plants.

2 poems in Poetry Salzberg Review No. 19

drawing in the dark and nothing to lose but our balance are in the Spring 2011 issue of Poetry Salzberg Review.

• Order or subscribe at the Poetry Salzberg website.