Poetry Reading: Richard 3rd LIVE — aka even more ‘Richard Poems’, third time lucky

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Poetry Reading: Richard 3rd LIVE — aka even more ‘Richard Poems’, third time lucky

A new phone recording of three poems from Fringe Bar open mic (June 2024)

Simon Sweetman

Jun 07, 2024

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Hey there, here’s a new set of recordings — more from the files of ‘The Richard Poems’.

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You’ll remember I have shared two previous times reading, as I try to get to grips with these new poems, and work on the idea of creating an actual show:

Poetry Reading: 3 More ‘Richard Poems’ — LIVE

May 2

You’ll remember that last month I went down to the Fringe Bar and read some new poems: I’ve decided I’ll try get along and read some more of the new “Richard” poems. I’m trying to learn to sit in the moment with these poems, to let them hang. I’m bantering away between them because there’s tension, then release, and hopefully some relief. There’s not a …

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Poetry Reading: 3 ‘Richard Poems’ — LIVE

Simon Sweetman

Apr 4

Poetry Reading: 3 ‘Richard Poems’ — LIVE

I took myself down to Poetry in Motion’s regular monthly open-mic night. There’s always a feature poet, but a few slots for open-mic readings in the first half of the evening. Here is a warts-n-all live recording of three new poems from me, with a little context around the poems — and my return to open-mic reading after a lengthy absence. Finding my fee…

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And, if you’re playing at home, I like to give you the option to read along — so below are the poems featured in this podcast in their print/text ‘readings’.

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Poem: Twentyone

Simon Sweetman

Feb 18

Twentyone For my 21st birthday, he bought me a set of clippers. It came with the slight threat: We’re going to shave your head. I had a ponytail, which is its own crime these days, and the plan was first one under the table received a complementary haircut. But we all kept drinking,

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Poem: one new year's eve

Simon Sweetman

December 18, 2018

a mate of mine, - not a mate anymore - used to carry with him a card; picture of a monkey swinging from a tree… well, chimpanzee, but we all call them monkeys when we’re telling the stories… he’d laugh when we’d ask why he carried that card. told us we’d never know when it might come in handy.

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Poem: Plastering The Cracks

Simon Sweetman

February 9, 2021

The stereo was playing “Why Can’t We Be Friends” the day I told my best friend of over a decade that he had to get the fuck out of my house and my face – in either order – and that we were done. And that’s neither poetic device nor poetic justice – it’s just the facts. You remember what song was on when you’re telling someone you’ve known that long to

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