My good friends Paul and Maddie persuaded me to
go along to "Tom Bombadill's Open Mic Nite" at "The
Hobbit" in Bevois Valley, Southampton. On Thursday evenings people
come along and sing songs, read poems, drink beer and generally have a good time!
Paul and Maddie were both singing that night, together and alone with their guitars. I was sat firmly in my seat as part of the audience. It was a great evening, and I even won a prize in the raffle that night. After a chat back at their house, and the idea running round my head over the weekend, I decided I wanted to do a poetry spot.
Well that was it! With a few weeks off with this and that, I went along most weeks between April 2001 and December 2004. Some of the pieces have worked well, others have fallen flat or been hugely embarrassing. Everything I've read out at the Hobbit is here on the following pages, organised in small sets of generally three poems / songs as performed.
I've included some notes to explain what they are about, or to say whether I love them or hate them!
List Poems by date - Display a list of the poems ordered by date.
Paul and Maddie were both singing that night, together and alone with their guitars. I was sat firmly in my seat as part of the audience. It was a great evening, and I even won a prize in the raffle that night. After a chat back at their house, and the idea running round my head over the weekend, I decided I wanted to do a poetry spot.
Well that was it! With a few weeks off with this and that, I went along most weeks between April 2001 and December 2004. Some of the pieces have worked well, others have fallen flat or been hugely embarrassing. Everything I've read out at the Hobbit is here on the following pages, organised in small sets of generally three poems / songs as performed.
I've included some notes to explain what they are about, or to say whether I love them or hate them!
List Poems by date - Display a list of the poems ordered by date.