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Byron Vincent

Poetry Arena

Sunday 19th July, 2009
11:20 - 11:40

Poetry Arena

Saturday 18th July, 2009
22:00 - 22:20

From surreal punk rock disquisition about the socialist inclinations of the Smurfs to astutely acerbic examinations of the fraying tapestry of British culture. Byron Vincent’s barking doggerel fuses comedy, poetry and candid bewilderment to create a unique and entertaining spoken word experience. He also does a rather fine haiku about Elton John’s preferred choice of salad.

Sink estate dandy and festival stalwart Byron Vincent has thrust a scrawny heel into poetry’s bourgeois throat and spanked it until it’s handed over its lunch money. A regular at the nation’s most prestigious literary and music festivals, he’s shared the bill with such luminaries as John Cooper Clarke, John Hegley and Roger Mcgough. He has performed several times on national radio, including Radio 4’s Bespoken Word. He is currently poet in Residence for the South West for Apples and Snake’s ground braking poetry project My Place or Yours.

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