Friday, 15 February 2019

LIVE shows & parties | March & April 2019


HELLO YELLOW  
HERE COMES THE SPRING 





MARCH & APRIL 
SOME VERY EXCELLENT 
EVENTS LIVE SHOWS BOOK 
LAUNCH PARTIES GIGS 
GATHERINGS FESTIVALS POETRY 
BOOKS TALKS & MORE...










FEBRUARY


MARCH



20 - GLASGOW,SONNET YOUTH

21 - EDINBURGH,SONNET YOUTH

22 - BRIGHTON, APPLES AND SNAKES,TROPE

27 - LONDON, HOST OF BOOKSLAM X WELLCOME PRIZE 

APRIL

3 - LONDON,VERVE POETRY PRESS,84 LAUNCH,FOYLES

16 - HASTINGS,PRINTED MATTER,CROWLEYS BAR


MAY

2 -  BELFAST, NEU REEKIE IN IRELAND

15 - BRIGHTON FRINGE WITH JOHN HIGGS












TAKE POETRY HOME


LATEST:'No Holds Barred' by Salena Godden
Underground Poems, limited edition broadside 
suitable for framing, published by Tangerine Press


OUT NOW: 'Pessimism is for Lightweights 
13 pieces of Courage and Resistance' pamphlets and posters 
published at Rough Trade Books: www.roughtradebooks.com 


OUT NOW: 'Salena Godden LIVE at Byline Festival EP' & LIVEwire album, CD, DL, Vinyl, Zines plus T-shirts available at Nymphs & Thugs: www.nymphsandthugs.net





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Meet the new generation of female poets breaking boundaries in 2019


"Witty, forthright and consistently powerful, Salena Godden’s poetry is a joy to read and even more of a joy to hear. Her recorded album LIVEwire was shortlisted for the Ted Hughes award, while her latest release with Rough Trade Books, Pessimism is for Lightweights: 13 Pieces of Courage and Resistance, makes for a stirring cry against injustice and prejudice. You can sample a preview here. "  
Rosalind Jana, Stylist Magazine 



It's been such a long dark winter,
I've been writing and hibernating
I cannot wait to go out and see you all,
I long for light and yellow days and blue skies,
See you at the bar! xxsg





Friday, 1 February 2019

poem | No Holds Barred










Tangerine Press proudly presents
Number #5 in the Underground Poems series
'No Holds Barred' by Salena Godden 
 a new and previously unpublished poem 
released Friday February 1st 2019







Indigo printed onto heavyweight natural 
archival paper, limited edition, poetry broadside, signed, numbered, suitable for framing and available from today








No Holds Barred


We're outside a pub
and she's yelling
telling me to
get back on my boat

my friends say ignore her
and she's just racist
but I put down my rum
and walk over and ask her
do you need a hug?

I stand with open arms
as wide as a map of the world
she bursts into tears
and I hold her for a while

my jacket gets stained
in the orange foundation
she wears to tan her face
my lapels are streaked 
with black mascara

the pub is rumbling 
under the mad full moon
as the ripping spring tide 
crashes this green island's shore

old souls sailed
my heart is a boat 
my ancestors longships
my grandmothers Windrush 
the rubber dinghies sunk without trace



(c) Salena Godden / London / 2019







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