Death of the Author, the chose your own adventure murder mystery guide to modernist poetry I wrote, was previously only a book. Now it’s now available as an online game!
It’s currently lacking some of the beautiful text art of the printed version. But it’s still fun, contains all the novel poetical ways to die and can be played here…
Play Death of the Author online
I, for one, recommend it.
Richard Nixon’s name Continue reading
I have a book. It is on sale this Saturday. Hooray!
It’ll be available at Free Verse: The Poetry Book Fair this Saturday. So if you can’t wait any longer to get this book you’ve been hearing so much about (?!) then come along. They’ll be so many other great people. I’ll be hovering around the Gug Press stall, where you’ll be able to pick up so much quality poetry you’ll need to buy a new bookshelf!
First of all, sorry it’s been a while since I’ve posted on here. The bad news is I don’t really have an excuse but the good news is that I’ve been doing quite a lot in the meantime and am going to start sharing it all again. At least, I hope that’s good news. Continue reading
Another live gig featuring yours truly. This was recorded at the superb Frogs & Jays held fortnightly in Clapton.
When you say you can measure
What we’ve reaped by what we’ve sown,
Or that how hard someone’s worked
Is clear from what they own,
Let’s be clear: that’s a mandate for murder. Continue reading
Hey, who’s this reading poems at Spoken Word London?
I watched the streams dry up,
Their cancer spread to the rivers,
Then the wealth of the mountains
Flowed out instead. Continue reading
All the signs point to the death of the album. But don’t worry, trends show that’s just what music fans want. The only problem is that’s the worst thing that could happen to the music industry. Continue reading
Jon Madge 