Some Antics,
what can I say?
Just always seems to
blow me away.
So much love
for all of the crew,
all of the poets
and the audience too.
We had a great new poem
when host Sammy Nour
took the floor tonight
which is always a delight.
Some new faces,
some old aces
of this stage.
Some read from the page,
others from memory,
every poem was met
with whoops and cheers of glee.
The drum battle erupted
before every turn,
the most intense
sound swirled all around.
The open mic was fire,
the words always inspire.
The slam was a buzz,
with Chris Oliver delivering
lush liquid word floods,
to win the hearts
of those that judge
and I may have imparted
a poem or two.
The headline act was Leicester’s own
Tyrone Haughton,
and man, do his words sing.
Not bad for a poet from the city
of the carpark king.
To round off the evening
we had
The finest trash raffle
in town, trust.
Aldi must love Some-Antics,
keeping them from going bust!
Tyrone's debut collection 'Hoods'
is available now,
Published by verve poetry press
and can be grabbed from this handy amazon link
Have only just started to read it,
so no review yet, but some amazing poetry so far.
Check it out.
Some-antics
holds a special place in my heart,
when I first started writing,
I was just writing for me,
not really to be seen.
Though I had a blog,
I never really had any intentions
other than just that,
having a blog to post my work on.
But then I stumbled across Some-Antics,
pretty much in its first shows
at the old Brewdog bar in Leicester.
And they held a collective meeting,
which was my first
real meeting with other poets,
almost instantly I felt
I had found my people.
We discussed books,
and how to take Some-Antics forward.
I offered to take on the video editing role,
even though I had absolutely no experience
of doing any video editing at this point.
It reminded me of the punk scene,
and a community pulling together
offering advice
and nurturing each other’s talents.
At this time, I was 100%
never going to perform any of my work,
I knew I had some talent in writing,
but never at all believed
I would be taking it any further
than a few posts on a blog every week.
But then there was talk about books,
and that started to fire my imagination,
and there was a vibe that made me feel
that as a group we could all build.
It took me almost 2 years
to make my first on mic appearance.
I had never done any public speaking in my life,
even at school my teachers,
thinking they were doing me a favour,
would let me just listen
and not make me read or speak.
But going to Some-Antics
almost every month made me feel,
that maybe I could do it,
but even then
I was only having other people
read my work for me.
My first performance was in a slam,
when we were at the second venue,
Bean gaming cafe,
and I had the good fortune to win.
(Looking back at the performance,
I was very nervous and a much
different performer to now)
But as time went on,
I started to take the mic more and more
Then covid happened.
And weirdly it suited me quite well.
We decided to put on online shows every month,
people would send us footage of them performing,
I'd edit it into something resembling a show format, and we would release it all
on the evening when real life
some-antics would have taken place.
This made me start to film myself a lot more.
Which helped me to work out how to perform.
So really, without Some-Antics
I very much doubt I'd be doing
any of what I'm doing today.
I released my first book during that time,
made my first videos,
and built up the courage and strength
to get up on stage almost every month.
A part of what I personally want
from Get Mouthy is to be able to give people
this belief in themselves,
to help them learn and grow.
It is always amazing
to watch as talent start to flourish,
And Leicester has some amazing talent,
I love hearing new voices
and seeing new faces on stage.
Next Some-Antics is 18th August 2023
at LCB Depot
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