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Thanks Dave, I'm pretty sure I've heard of sureshot somewhere before. Sounds an ok bloke and what he says makes sense. What's the poetry like though? I'm a page poet and at least 99.9% of the poetry I go for is page poetry, but I love the human voice and I love what a poet's actual voice does to their own poem. That instability of address alongside such a strong direction (the voice takes something down one arrow) is a fascinating combination. But poetry written just for performance, or mainly for performance is a different matter. Often it comes across as drama i.e. it comes across as acting, and we know that actors are the worse readers of poetry, their own or not. Tim A. On 23 Jun 2009, at 17:48, David Bircumshaw wrote: > Ah, Tim, Desmond's a sweetie really. Now what do you do when you > have screws > claiming to be poets (read on, the mentioned HMP Leicester is within > sight > of my window. People I know who have been guests there speak highly > of the > sensitive souls of the concierges) > > Called 'Sureshot' as well, man! > > > *Spoken word artist Michael Brome aka Sureshot muses on the power of > performance and the human voice.* > > ** > > I WAS ONCE TOLD > “IF YOU’RE NOT READING THEN YOU’RE NOT WRITING” > > At the time I didn’t agree, I wasn’t the best read person in the > field of > literature and I suppose I drew information from other sources. > > I have always been fascinated with the different ways the minds of > people > work and how we digest information. > > For me music has been such an integral part of my life, sound seems > to fill > me full of words. > > I was born into the hip Hop Culture and before I was old enough to > step foot > out of my house and buy my own records I was surrounded by reggae and > Calypso. > > These genres of music bless many stages and with that influence my > form of > literature feels at home on the stage. > > In regards to spoken word, when you hear the words Poetry or Jazz > people > tend to run a mile. Even at school poetry has always been met with a > sigh. > > Unless the outsider gets to see a performer use words and body in > unison and > bring a page to life, then poetry all of a sudden becomes more > palatable. > The outsider simply didn’t know you could do it like that. > > Regardless of being a page or stage poet, the written word has got > to be > strong if you want to be recognised with the heavy hitters. And I > feel every > performer’s goal should be to have their work stand on the page and > stand on > the stage. > > However I do believe there are differences in the writing process when > specifically writing to be performed and writing to be read. > > THE LOVE AND USE OF LANGUAGE FROM PAGE POETS SHINES THROUGH THE > PAPER AND > CAN INSPIRE OTHER ARTISTS TO BRING IT TO THE STAGE. > > The author may not be comfortable as that type of artist but his/her > words > might be. > > Page poets have a command of language that highly decorates the > paper, but I > still maintain, if your mind is not one that takes to reading then > an author > could have the skills of Shakespeare, it won’t make a difference. > > Stage poets take those beautiful words and craft a one man /woman > movie that > will engage the viewer on different levels. > > I believe there to be a power in live literature that attacks most > of the > senses and provides a different angle to poetry that captures the > passer by > who has been lost in the stereotype. > > I feel the goal of any artist in which ever field, is to grow, in > hind sight > I was a fool to think I don’t need to read. > > It could only make me a better performer providing I maintain my own > identity. > > IT’S ALL ABOUT YOUR VOICE, PAGE OR STAGE > PEOPLE ARE LISTENING TO YOUR VOICE. > > Nominate your favourite poetry <http://literaturenetwork.org/? > p=1352> for > the Lyric Lounge > > Michael Leonardo Brome (aka SureShot) Michael Brome is a prison > officer at > HMP Leicester. His performance alter ego is: Sureshot - a poet and > comedian > who commands the audience’s attention with intense stage presence. He > performed as part of the Freedom Showcase and has won national > commissions. > > > > 2009/6/23 Tim Allen <[log in to unmask]> > >> The negativity I associate with the word craft is connected to what >> I said >> in an earlier post about the way the word was bandied about back in >> the 80's >> - a huge part of the 'poetry workshop' mentality, something which put >> artificial limits on what a poem could and couldn't do etc. >> >> As for 'learning/using both', well, if someone has in their head an >> notion >> of what they are, even provisionally, fair enough. >> Tim A. >> >> >> On 23 Jun 2009, at 15:48, Douglas Barbour wrote: >> >> Hmmnn, but it seems we do, care that is. >>> >>> I tend to join you in thinking that each of us chooses how 'we' >>> hear each >>> term & judge it. I'm not sure 'craft' is negative, though; it >>> certainly is >>> not, to me. Nut, then, neither is 'technique'. Since I would want >>> to argue, >>> in any art, that one needs to learn/use both. >>> >>> Doug >>> On 23-Jun-09, at 5:39 AM, Tim Allen wrote: >>> >>> Come on, we're poets, we should know how undependable words can >>> be. I >>>> really don't care, especially about the word 'craft' - its >>>> connotations are >>>> nearly always negative because of the ideological way the concept >>>> gets used. >>>> >>> >>> Douglas Barbour >>> [log in to unmask] >>> >>> http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ >>> >>> Latest books: >>> Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) >>> http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 >>> Wednesdays' >>> >>> http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html >>> >>> The abandoned world offers its wild particulars, >>> leaves in the air, a single leaf on water. >>> ............ >>> The rain falls like rain. >>> >>> David Helwig >>> >> > > > -- > David Bircumshaw > "Nothing can be done in the face > of ordinary unhappiness" - PP > Website and A Chide's Alphabet > http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk > The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html > Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk