Poetry In London's First Friday's Poetry Night 02 Oct 2015

It was the one year anniversary of First Friday's and it kicked off with a great start with Kemi Taiwo, who performed an eloquent and hard hitting piece. I followed after her and performed "Functioning" and "Rocking Underground".

There was a great variety from the open mic crowd, and it was headlined by poet and illustrator Spike Zephaniah, who manages to draw a crowd by literally drawing the crowd. Indeed he drew my portrait as I was performing. His work is really interesting and immersive, with the hard and fast delivery of a young John Cooper Clarke. 

It was great to be reading with so many vibrant poets.