Run Your Tongue 3rd August

 

After a well-deserved summer break,

we welcomed back Run Your Tongue,

Held on the first Thursday of every month

at the vegan bar on Granby Street Leicester.

 

The room feels warm and inviting,

slightly gothic in the faux candlelight,

Also possibly haunted, 

from the strange banging 

that randomly comes from a disused door!

The perfect place to delight 

in poetic words taking flight.

 

As the applause ripples

through the crowd

The "not bubbly"* 

Rosa Fernandez,

complete with Fanta dress,

takes hosting duties.

 

* Rosa did a poem about not

liking being called a bubbly person,

so, I think I've avoided that

in the best way possible! *

 

We had a mix of talented open micers.

Some regular faces, some first timers.

The quality never dipped below

excellent, and often the roof was raised.

We saw Kulvir take the mic 

giving us some excellent haiku poems.

Sham with an amazingly powerful personal

poem, that had the audience

completely silent, listening intently,

Tears welling up in eyes.

 

Magician John Constantine

put on his poetry hat

and delivered some magical lines.

We also had a zoom feed with 2 poets

from over the pond. Delivering their poetry

to us on the big screen. With both giving interesting takes on the A.I future

we have coming, but don't start me on A.I

I'll never shut up and this will end up

as a ranting piece rather than the praise

of great Poetry that it deserves to be.

 

We had Shakespeare,

some Edgar Allen Poe-esque poetry.

A flute player, who created an atmospheric

soundscape to lose yourself within,

and take a break

from the words for a short while.

Poetman closed off the open mic

with a piece about travelling to London,

filled with his perfectly timed humour.

 

Then Chris Oliver took the mic.

Now Chris is a poet I really admire,

his work is full of wordplay,

clever metaphors, twisting lyrical pieces

that swirl around in your head

long after you have heard them.

All delivered in a relaxed, perfect smooth style, 

no stutters, no mic pops, just clean and crisp.

I think this was the best set I've seen him do,

Every poem had something unique, 

a clever twist or a different lyrical beat

 

All in all, a great night

The perfect way to spend 

a Thursday evening,

The bar has a large selection of cocktails that look amazing, 

I however don't drink, but did have a lovely mocktail.

So, get yourselves down to the next one

if you can, 

at the vegan bar 

on Granby Street.

On Thursday 7th September.

I apologise if names are incorrect.

 

Thanks for reading,

please support the local art scene

Peace, Love and Poetry

Kyle