Each month I host an open mic called ‘Say The Thing’. Poems, stories, anything people want to read or speak, provided the wrote it.
I usually read a poem or two, or some short prose to kick off, so that no one else feels they have to be the ‘first reader’.
This month I read two new/ish Harry Nilsson poems, since that’s my current writing obsession.
I read two that I’d only just written and shared, Harry Lied:
And Bojanglin’ — ostensibly about the song, ‘Mr. Bojangles’
So you can read along or read the poems instead, or check the text after.
But I like sharing the odd audio recording and preserving them for the archive.
So this was last week at Say The Thing.
We have two more events (Oct/Nov) for 2026.
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