Northern Beat poetry Press Release

Northern Beat Poetry?  Is that, like, a THING?  You better believe it, Post-Truthers.  The cultural descendants of Ginsberg, Kerouac and Herman’s Hermits emerge from the cultural swamp that Mr Trump’s busy draining to bring the ripening fruit of invention to the vitamin-deficient streets of the North.

Who cares about courgette shortages?  It’s not...

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Fall Back

The clocks have gone back; Here comes Winter.

The clocks have gone back to the 1930’s.

Cold comfort colours, a siege down the Legion,

old soldiers shields for murkier manoeuvres.

The clocks have gone back; Here comes Winter.

Once again it’s OK to say “send ‘em back.”

Chunks of sunny time flutter dying through branches

Where we built our kids’ futures lik...

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It dawned on me when the downloads of my last music-poem EP ‘Get’ went past 100 downloads, that if that many people were in the same room it would be, for most poets, a huge audience, and if it’s worth doing, it’s worth sharing.  I do most of my work in an attic, so it’s probably a good idea that I come down and start doing some gigs, as it’s getting cold up there.

To this end, in a move w...

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The loudmouth recluse has finally decided to do a blog to coincide with the release of his new EP 'Get' available free to download at https://soundcloud.com/jimmy-andrex/albums

There is little else of interest about him, hipsters, so why not download it and see for yourself.  

"The best lack all conviction while the worst have a passionate intensity."

You decide.

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