CW: a lot of F-bombs in this episode. Explicit
This episode is a bit of a special one, it is a recording of a live poetry event in Brighton. It’s called Queer The Mic, it was in July and it was their first one!
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Queer The Mic is a glittery community stage for queer & trans poeming. We have for you to listen to One Inky Queer (co-host of Queer The Mic), AFLO. the poet (headliner) and Noah Sumptions (feature). We had One Inky Queer and AFLO. the poet on the show before, don’t hesitate to listen to these episodes to have an in-depth insight into their poetry!
One Inky Queer is “a trauma poet keeping it light. Serving you queer cripple realness honey. Big stylistic range, or possibly just quite confused. Insistently and unstoppable intimate and inappropriate, but not in the fun way. Aldo does children’s poetry (no, really).”
AFLO. the poet is a Brighton-based spoken word artist, activist and academic who embraces creative expression to disrupt the status quo and inspire social change. AFLO. uses poetry as a vehicle to address hard-hitting topics, particularly racism and mental health, and has performed to crowds of thousands at Black Lives Matter protests.
Noah Sumptions is a fruitful yolk of queerness that will make you chortle, and then some. A regular at The Actors, Rebel Soapbox and any mic that can survive them, you’ll leave amused and most probably faintly disgusted…
We hope you will enjoy this episode as much as we enjoyed the night!
You can follow Queer The Mic on Instagram @queerthemic, One Inky Queer @oneinkyqueer, AFLO. the poet @aflo.thepoet and Noah Sumptions @noah_sumptions.
We are Poetry to your Ears @poetrytoyourears on Instagram and @poetry2yourears on Twitter.
CREDITS: Poetry to your ears is an independent podcast co-hosted and co-produced by Tom O’Dwyer and Éloïse “Loulou” Armary, in partnership with YDN Radio Brighton. The soundtrack is ‘Dans la peau’ by Circus Marcus and the art cover is by Charlotte Gray - @grayglues. The sound recording of Queer The Mic is by Blue Dot Studios - @ollidaffarn.
