The Whippersnapper Press

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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A New Conversation Piece

By d'Ville, Jonny
February 8th, 2012 § 0

Bloody hell, it’s about time! Do you know how stuffy it is in that bag?

Ow. No, go ahead, drop me on the floor, that’s cool. It’s not like I’m old and fragile or anything. Oh, for god’s sake … Read the rest

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”:

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the abc of love

By Allen, Richard
December 7th, 2011 § 0

123
abc
i love you
you love me

that’s the way
it’s meant to be
i suspect your husband
won’t agree

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):

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i can’t live without you

By Allen, Richard
November 23rd, 2011 § 0

i can’t live without you
he whined
so she killed him
just to be kind

Video – Catherine Brogan

November 9th, 2011 § 0

BBC Edinburgh Fringe Poetry Slam winner & all-round amazing activist Catherine Brogan – performs at the Whippersnapper Press launch:

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fat anarchist

By Spooner Harvey, Niall
October 26th, 2011 § 0

politically
i do not know where my loyalties lie
whoever i vote for
the government gets in
and it does things and i ask
WHY WHY WHY

anatomically
i do not know where my body lies
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Video – Niall Spooner-Harvey

By Spooner Harvey, Niall
October 12th, 2011 § 0

Published poet and UK Poetry Slam Champion Niall Spooner-Harvey reads about dating ads, forgiveness and bacon not sex at the Whippersnapper Press launch:

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don’t look back

By Allen, Richard
September 28th, 2011 § 0

you know when you look back
on all the mad things you’ve done
in your life
and it seems like it was someone else?
doesn’t work
in court