Orcas!
September 2, 2009
ORCAS!
ORCAS!! ORCAS!!!! ORCAS!!!!!!
dozens of them
way out in the straight
gliding past our booat
our lardy arses unbouncy in the wake of the wheat ship
ORCAS! ORCAS!! ORCAS!!!
and ORCAS!
our billet Jeff taking me and cayman out for
ORCAS!! ORCAS!!!!! ORCAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bloody hell
blimey
and gosh!
ORCAS!
About Me
- jem rolls
- Performance poet Makes a living solely by shouting Sells nothing No books, CD's, merchandise of any kind No teaching no broadcasting Nowt Punk rock ideology: no sell out No obeisance to any convention fast, slow dumb, smart light, dark hi-energy ever more physical/ theatrical max variety 60 shows a year in Canada on the summer fringe tour Born 62 Comprehensive peasant Posh university, Bristol Did nothing in 20s except think & be v poor [a lot] Started performing 93 Began big word, weekly poetry cabaret Rather very good, now forgotten Islington Then did Edinburgh, 96-04 Three-act show First successful edfringe poetry cabaret in decades Made money saying Pay As You Like At The End Moved Edin ‘01 Began cabarets & slams Decent shows, v successful, much impact, great fun Tried Toronto Fringe in 01 First toured Canadian fringes in 03 Hour shows Most fun & success ever First ever performance poet on tour Toured there ever since 30+ 5 star reviews 150+ 4 star Went nomadic in 06 No home for 43 months & and counting Write shows over winter, perform over summer Bags of laughs Bloody marvelous How did it all work out so well?
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