London Literature Lounge - London - 16/09/2010

I read at the London Literature Lounge:

- Falling
- Mythology
- The sequence Definitions of Silence:
1. Music
2. Hand
3. Box
4. Bow
5. Beat
6. Violin

The London Poetry Lounge at the Poetry Cafe - Third Thursday of every month
Hosted by Anjan Saha

The Poetry Cafe
22 Betterton St.
Covent Garden
London WC2H 9BX

Tall Lighthouse - London - 02/09/2010

I read at the Tall Lighthouse poetry event at the Poetry Cafe:

- Effective Range
- Magic Mirror
- Mythology

Tall Lighthouse at the Poetry Cafe - First Thursday of every month
Hosted by John Citizen

The Poetry Cafe
22 Betterton St.
Covent Garden
London WC2H 9BX

Tongues & Grooves - Portsmouth - 25/07/2010

read the Poem:

- Rosetta Stone

Event hosted by Maggie Sawkins

Every last Sunday of the month at The Florence Arms

Florence Road, Southsea, Hants PO5 2NE.

Poetry Unplugged - London - 13/07/2010

I read at Poetry Unplugged:

- In Transit (poem in 3 parts)

Poetry Unplugged, Hosted by Niall O'Sullivan
The Poetry Cafe,
22 Betterton Street,
WC2H 9BX
London
Every Tuesday at 7:30 PM

Poetry Jam @ The Tea Box - Richmond - 09/07/2010

I read the poems:

- One
- Rosetta Stone

2nd Friday of each month
reThe Tea Box - 7.30pm
Address: 7 Paradise Road
Post Code: TW9 1RX

Tall Lighthouse - London - 01/07/2010

I read the Tall Lighthouse poetry event at the Poetry Cafe:

- Senses - Sense of Home
- Casualties

Tall Lighthouse at the Poetry Cafe - First Thursday of every month
Hosted by John Citizen

22 Betterton St.
Covent Garden
London WC2H 9BX

Poetry Unplugged - London - 18/05/2010

I read at Poetry Unplugged:

- Pompey
- Circe's Pigsty
- Carlo Crivelli, Virgin and Child

Poetry Unplugged, Hosted by Niall O'Sullivan
The Poetry Cafe,
22 Betterton Street,
WC2H 9BX
London
Every Tuesday at 7:30 PM

Spell Out - Manchester - 29/04/2010

Due to an exceptional concourse of circumstances, I ended up reading much more than I anticipated. I read the poems:

- Fuck me an Angel

- Penelope's Welcome to Ulysses

- Circe's Pigsty

- Excuses

- The sequence "The Rivers of Hades"
- Lethe, the River
-Styx
-Phlegethon, the River of Flame
-Acheron, the River of Woe
-Kokytos, the River of Lamentation
-The Secret River

Spell Out
Lloyds Hotel - 8pm
617 Wilbraham Road, Chorlton
M21 9AN

Last Thursday of each Month

Write Out Loud - Trafford/Manchester - 27/04/2010

I read the poems:
- One
- Summoning the Dead

Write Out Loud - Trafford
Waterside Arts Centre - 7pm
Sale Town Centre
M33 7ZF
4th Tuesday of each Month (not this May)

Write Angle - Petersfield - 21/04/2010

I read the poems
- Family Reunion
- Terminal 1
- Pompey


Write Angle - Hosted by Leah Cohen and Jake Claret
Every third Tuesday of the month
Address: Upstairs @ The Square Brewery
7 The Square
Petersfield
Hampshire
GU32 3HJ

Blank Verse - Guildford - 17/03/2010

I read the poems:

- Penelope's Welcome to Ulysses
- Moon River
- Dark Bliss

To be honest, this wasn't the selection of poems that I had initially in mind, but rather a response to a poem by Rodney Wood setting Ulysses and Pemnelope in a contemporary context.


Blank Verse - Hosted by Susie Campbell
Every third Wednesday of the month
Address: The Boileroom
13 Stokefields,
Guildford,
GU1 4LS

Write Angle - Petersfield - 16/03/2010

I read the poem "One"


Write Angle - Hosted by Leah Cohen and Jake Claret
Every third Tuesday of the month
Address: Upstairs @ The Square Brewery
7 The Square
Petersfield
Hampshire
GU32 3HJ

Tongues & Grooves - Portsmouth - 25/10/2009

On a session dedicated to the theme of Exile, I read the poems

- The Magician
- Farewell in Heathrow
- From Exile
- Roadside

and deeply enjoyed the readings of Adnan al-Sayegh, Stephen Watts, Maria Jastrzębska, Vahni Capildeo and John Haynes.

This special edition of Tongues & Grooves was hosted by Richard Williams who produced a memorable evening.

Salisbury Poetry Cafe - 26/11/2009

I read the full sequence Definitions of Silence:
- 1 - Music
- 2 - Hand
- 3 - Box
- 4 - Bow
- 5 - Beat
- 6 - Violin

Salisbury Poetry Cafe - hosted by Grace Gauld
Every last Thursday of the month - 7:30
Salisbury Arts Centre
Bedwin Street
Salisbury
SP1 3UT

Ye Olde Leathern Bottle - Alton - 24/11/2009

At the Ye Olde Leathern Bottle I read the poems:

- Falling
- Endymion
- The Magician
- Fuck Me An Angel
- Violin (from the sequence Definitions of Silence)
- Gravity Pull

Event hosted by Chris Sparks

for more details, see:
http://www.yeoldeleathernbottle.co.uk/HTML/poetry.html

Write Angle - Petersfield - 17/11/2009

I read the poems:

- The Magician
- Violin, from the sequence "Definitions of Silence"
- Fuck me an Angel

This time, the poems chosen were a response to requests made while chatting before the Apples & Snakes event of last month.

The Magician is one of two poems in English that I wrote originally in Portuguese and I enjoyed the experience of reading it in Portuguese before delivering its adaptation into English.

Write Angle - Hosted by Leah Cohen and Jake Claret
Every third Tuesday of the month
Address: Upstairs @ The Square Brewery
7 The Square
Petersfield
Hampshire
GU32 3HJ

Tall Lighthouse - London - 5/11/2009

I read the Tall Lighthouse poetry event at the Poetry Cafe:

- Summoning the Dead
- Excuses
- Lethe, the River

Tall Lighthouse at the Poetry Cafe - First Friday of each month
Hosted by John Citizen

22 Betterton St.
Covent Garden
London WC2H 9BX

What a Performance - Bath - 30/10/2009

At this special edition, a hommage to Moyra Caldecott was performed by some of her friends, who read Moyra's poems. As Moyra isn't now able to read her own poetry due to a stroke, this reading had a very strong emotional value that went far beyond the words that were read, like a deep sharing of the silence that lives at the roots of all true poetry.

I read Moyra's poem: "On listenning to a poet reading his own poem"

As well as my own poems:
- Penelope's welcome to Ulysses
- Moonshade

Event hosted by Richard Selby

Salisbury Poetry Cafe - 29/10/2009

I read the poems :

- The Blue Glow of the Night
- When Heroes Return Home
- From Exile

Salisbury Poetry Cafe - hosted by Grace Gauld
Every last Thursday of the month - 7:30
Salisbury Arts Centre
Bedwin Street
Salisbury
SP1 3UT

Tongues & Grooves - Portsmouth - 25/10/2009

Nine poems of my sequence Senses were presented in a special Tongues & Grooves session hosted by George Marsh and almost totally devoted to the Chinese poetry and culture.

George Marsh had the brilliant idea to dramatise the presentation of the poems by having them read by four different voices:

- I - Sense of Silence - Read by Armando Halpern
- III - Sense of Prophecy - Read by Jan Fowler
- V - Sense of Love - Read by George Marsh
- VI - Sense of Touch - Read by June Merrigan
- VIII - Sense of Peace - Read by George Marsh
- X - Sense of Home - Read by Jan Fowler
- XI - Sense of Sight - read by Armando Halpern
- XII - Sense of Eternity - Read by June Merrigan
- XIII - Grail - Read by George Marsh (lines 1 and 2), Jan Fowler (lines 3 and 4), June Merrigan (lines 5 and 6) and Armando Halpern (remaining lines).

I thank George, Jan and June for their commitment, enthusiasm and the quality of their reading.

To George my special thanks for a remarkable evening of Chinese poetry and insights on cross-cultural influences.