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This Is Just To Say: spoken word open mic
Oxford Poetry Library presents a spoken word open mic night! Join us in the library on the first Tuesday of every month to enjoy all manner of word-weaving, story-sharing, and spell-casting.
We welcome poets, storytellers, and writers of all kinds to share their work (or the work of others) in a safe, supportive, and inclusive space. Slots are 5 minutes long, and performers sign up on the door – first come, first served!
The theme this month is ANIMALS. Bring us your creepy-crawlies, your feathered friends, your fur-babies, your brute beasts, your inner demons, your daemons, your familiars, varmints, critters, your fantastic beasts and where to find them. Let’s get wild, baby.
Every month we feature a performer with a slightly extended set and this month’s featured performer is Phoebe Nicholson. Phoebe is a poet and lexicographer based in Oxford. She often reads her poems around the city, they can be found in various magazines and zines, and she recently collaborated on a chapbook with her sibling about roots, family, and creeping things called Red Devon Mud which can be found here: https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/shop/ She also happens to run the Oxford Poetry Library, a lending library of poetry and hub for creative writing based in The Community Works in central Oxford, and usually wears the host hat at This Is Just To Say. She’s quite excited to see what it’s like to attend as a performer. Find her on instagram @phoebn
Our next session will happen on March 5th 7.30pm (performers are advised to arrive from 7pm), at The Community Works (21 Park End St, OX1 1HU).
£5 entry (£2 concessions), performers free. Cash only!
There will be a bar at this event, so it is no longer BYOB!
The building is accessible, but if you have any specific access needs, please drop us an email at oxfordpoetrylibrary@gmail.com beforehand!
This particular edition of This Is Just To Say is in collaboration with Makespace Oxford’s celebrations of International Women’s Day which are taking place throughout March. We will be featuring the poems of women, and/or those which champion and celebrate the voices of women, or which resonate with this year’s IWD theme of “Inspire Inclusion”.
