BBC’s New Talent Pick of the Fringe and Musical Comedy Awards best newcomer Jay Foreman does not sing for us. Instead, he reads hemorrhage-inducing Vogon poetry about Noel Edmonds, petitions against the BNP, and clouds:
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Video – Vogon Poetry Slam – Jay Foreman
May 14th, 2012 § 0
Vogon Poetry Slam 2012
April 28th, 2012 § 0
The Vogon Poetry Slam is on May 25th at Hackney Picture House. Book your ticket now. Resistance is useless!
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Video – Vogon Poetry Slam – Chris Farnell
By Farnell, Chris
March 7th, 2012 § 0
Zombie expert and SF novelist Chris Farnell performs a homoerotic love poem to Star Trek’s Captain Kirk (we’re very, very sorry):
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Whippersnappers at the Miller Pub this Thursday!
February 26th, 2012 § 0
Whippersnappers at the Miller Thursday 1st of March
In our third live event we will have an evening of short, sharp, snappy spoken word at the Miller Pub by London Bridge (same lovely venue as the Vogon Poetry Slam). … Read the rest
swans
By Spooner Harvey, Niall
February 22nd, 2012 § 0
you say you’re a cynic
i think you fall in love as hard as i do
you question how hard that is
i say as hard as swans
you say swans are hardly hard
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Video – Vogon Poetry Slam – Cara Penny Church
By Church, Cara Penny
February 14th, 2012 § 0
Storming performance of teenage wangst from first-time performer Cara Penny Church. In the absence of pretty love poems for Valentine’s Day we have “smashing love on the head with a heavy rock”:
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Video – Vogon Poetry Slam – Cat Mariner
By Cat Mariner
January 1st, 2012 § 0
Winner of the Vogon Poetry Slam (and the coveted bowl of petunias) Cat Mariner reads some helpful poetry to express her displeasure to her colleagues. “I think of it as non-offensive, they say it’s passive-aggressive”:
the abc of love
By Allen, Richard
December 7th, 2011 § 0
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abc
i love you
you love me
that’s the way
it’s meant to be
i suspect your husband
won’t agree
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Video – Vogon Poetry Slam – Intro
By Eiseman-Renyard, Hannah
November 30th, 2011 § 0
Kicking off the first Vogon Poetry Slam our editor Hannah reads an mad-libs-type example of torturously bad poetry. (She’s green because she’s being a Vogon):