BETSY
Mumps puff Whisked batter Gnashers fizzle
Dopey face. De-stresses.
Potato In Steradent
Scratchy quilt Scrapings heap.
Dreamland reels
BRYN
Off-key Hoarseness
on Cotton wool
At Butlin’s Rugby terrace. Swabs greyhound’s
Talent show. Scarf flourishing. Eyes.
Unhooked
By applause.
BRONWYN
Yelling times Vacuum
whirrs. Day Centre,
Tables. Bubble Avon rep Macaroon, tea.
Gum pimples Goads door Tottering softwood
Desk.
Bell. Chairs.
CHRISTOPHER
Ultramarine nylons
Faint-hearted
Electricity cut.
Remodel as Dole queue. Torch
rays
Smurf fancy
Jolted signature. Stumble
upon
Dress. Cloudburst Headboard.
Brick-bats
Greasepoint.
PAULA
Floor exercise, Eye-pencilling Pared rose
Pliant mat. On
jolty Dives. Redwing
Binding scarlet Double-decker. Screeches.
Leotard. Carrier plump
With retro
Suit.
Christopher Barnes - In 1998 Christopher
Barnes won a Northern Arts writers award. In July 2000 he read at
Waterstones bookshop to promote the anthology 'Titles Are Bitches'.
Christmas 2001 he debuted at Newcastle's famous Morden Tower doing a reading of
poems. Each year he read for Proudwords lesbian and gay writing festival
and partook in workshops. 2005 saw the publication of his collection
LOVEBITES published by Chanticleer Press, 6/1 Jamaica Mews, Edinburgh.
On Saturday 16Th August 2003 he read at the Edinburgh Festival as a Per Verse.
Christmas 2001 The Northern Cultural Skills Partnership sponsored him to be mentored by Andy Croft in conjunction with New Writing North. He made a radio programme for Web FM community radio about his writing group. October-November 2005, he entered a poem/visual image into the art exhibition The Art Cafe Project, his piece Post-Mark was shown in Betty's Newcastle. This event was sponsored by Pride On The Tyne. He made a digital film with artists Kate Sweeney and Julie Ballands at a film making workshop called Out Of The Picture which was shown at the festival party for Proudwords, it contains his poem The Old Heave-Ho. He worked on a collaborative art and literature project called How Gay Are Your Genes, facilitated by Lisa Mathews (poet) which exhibited at The Hatton Gallery, Newcastle University, including a film piece by the artist Predrag Pajdic in which he read his poem On Brenkley St. The event was funded by The Policy, Ethics and Life Sciences Research Institute, Bio-science Centre at Newcastle's Centre for Life. He was involved in the Five Arts Cities poetry postcard event which exhibited at The Seven Stories children's literature building. In May he had 2006 a solo art/poetry exhibition at The People's Theatre.
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