Tag: spoken word

New music! (Also, sorry for not posting anything for a year)

Hi! I’ve been quiet! I’m so sorry! It’s been a hell of a year and being creative has been hard. I miss being able to be routinely creative but I’m happy to just take it as it comes just now, especially when it’s something I’m as proud of as this!

Tigress is a love poem I wrote a while back, and I’ve always wanted to do more spoken word and music stuff and this has slowly evolved from loose ideas over the last few months, and I’m super happy to share it!

Is it perfect? No.

Is perfection overrated? Yes, 100%

I’m not putting the pressure on myself to create perfect art, I’m just wanting to create and share and do things again, and that’s enough for now. The important thing is not to put pressure on yourself, this is a weird time for us all and “normal” is still a very long time away, we’re learning what normal has to mean for us as individuals and learn what we need to do for ourselves. With time, practice, routine, and positive mental health, we’ll all have even more Things to share, and I’ll be back posting weird stuff on here more often!

Hope you like the track. Take it easy and look after yourself.

So, something special happened…

So, back in January, I did a bit of a performance thing with a night called “From The Horse’s Mouth” based out of Summerhall in Edinburgh.  After a couple of drinks and friendly chats with the people behind the night, I discovered that they really liked one particular poem I had performed and now, they’ve only gone and published it on their website!

It’s a wonderful, tingly feeling!  I’m hoping this is part of a shiny, new, upward direction for this whole poetry thing. They’ve also done some some lovely audio recordings, including a poem which might be the first poem I do a video recording of (because it’s one of the two poem’s I’ve memorised. The other poem I’ve memorised is called “Amnesia” and the irony is not lost on me.)  But please check them out, there’s also a fantastic poem by my new favourite poet, Amelia Watson, who is pretty damn fantastic and definitely one to watch!

Check it all out!