Saturday, 27 April

Speak the Word: online open mic night

An 18+ queer- and trans-affirming online poetry and spoken word open mic for people of all levels of experience

By Speak the Word Poetry Salon

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Sat, 27 Apr 2024 10:00 - 12:00 PDT

Location

Online

About this event

ON THE 4TH SATURDAY OF THE MONTH, SPEAK THE WORD RUNS AN OPEN MIC NIGHT

5-minute slots available, assigned on the night. Come to read and come to listen.

Come and enjoy some wordplay with a friendly, inclusive and encouraging group. Whoever you are and whatever your relationship with poetry, we'd love you to join us. Feel free to join as audience, without reading.

Following on from an incredible series of poetry and spoken word workshops with Roundhouse Slam Poet Rakaya Fetuga, through The Caraf Centre, several of us enjoyed the community so much that we've decided to continue the sessions.

Event time: 6–8pm (GMT/UTC)

Duration: 2 hours

Accessibility: Captioning available, let us know if you have any other accessibility needs.

Queer & trans-affirming.

Our Speak the Word events are designed for adults (18+), and are not appropriate for those under the age of 18. We hope you find a supportive space elsewhere to nourish your poetry.

This is the schedule for our Speak the Word events (https://linktr.ee/SpeakTheWord):

1st Saturday of month: writing workshop
2nd Saturday of month: editing workshop
3rd Saturday of month: writing workshop
4th Saturday of month: open mic
5th Saturday of month (when there is one): journaling workshop
Select Tuesdays of month: writing workshop

Additional events can be found on our eventbrite page.

Follow us on Instagram: @SpkTheWord

Follow us on Twitter: @SpkTheWord

Organised by

Speak the Word Poetry Salon

Speak the Word is an online poetry collective that PJ Samuels and nudi co-organise. Other poets holding space for the collective include Maureen Medina, Nona Lea, NJ Holt, Tanya Denhere and Tarrine Khanom. We host weekly free-access poetry writing and editing workshops, and open mics.

We're welcoming, queer-led, and queer and trans-affirming.

The sessions are popular but low-key, relaxed, run as a safer space, close-captioned and working towards better accessibility. We’re also working to build capacity of poets willing to lead sessions, so speak up if that’s you!