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Lipped Ink, The Poetry Cafe / Poetry Society 16 Apr 2016

I performed at Lipped Ink on Saturday. It was MC'd by Mark "Mr.T" Thompson, and his lovely wife. He performed a poem to kick off and then left it open to all those who who has signed up for the open mic. The basement was full and there were a series of provocative poems read, covering slavery, racism, politics and of course love and sex. I performed two poems in the second half. The headline poet was Deanna Roger.

​Poetry Unplugged 12 Apr 2016

I attended the open mic night held in the basement of The Poetry Society. It was run by the great Niall O'Sullivan and it was a packed evening with 39 poets reading. I read first. Always a pleasure.

Poetry reading at The Troubadour, London 08 Mar 2016

It was a pleasure to be invited by Anne-Marie Fyfe to read at the final night of the Coffee House Poetry Season. It was an intense emotional evening. I read my poem Possession in the second half of the evening. It was great to see Anne-Marie and the other poets and I look forward to the start of the next season of poetry at The Troubadour.

Poetry reading at The Troubadour, London 08 Mar 2016

Anne-Marie Fyfe invited me to read tonight at The Troubadour., the theme was The Sea, The Sea.

I wrote a poem two weeks ago, the subject matter of which is deep and all consuming, so I called it Ocean and read that. It was my first time reading it and it couldn't have been a more receptive audience. The basement at The Troubadour was packed. Such a beautiful variety of other poems were read. Ron Villanueva had a really stirring performance that gave me shivers. And Miranda Peake read a really interesting, provocative poem. Alway so grateful to be invited down by Anne Marie.


​South Bank Poetry 4th February 2016 04 Feb 2016

I went to The Poetry Cafe, on Betterton Street to join in and read at the launch of this month's South Bank Poetry magazine, hosted byKatherine Lockton.

It was a long evening of really great poetry, with Christine Vial, Joolz Sparkes, Paul McGrane, and Peter Phillips headlining.

I enjoyed reading two new poems for the first time to such a warm and receptive audience.

Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today 01 Feb 2016

Scarlett was featured in the Kensington Chelsea Westminster Today in February. Read the article below.

Readers may take the opportunity to go and experience her readings for themselves. They don't disappoint!

Leading this month's page are two performance pieces and a poetry review. The first poem is Reflections by Scarlett Sabet followed by Snowdrops by John Armstrong. Passionate, palpable and loaded with an emotional intensity, Sabet’s poem Reflections owns its guilelessness and vulnerability with pride! Often on Tuesday evenings Sabet can be seen performing at the poetry café on Betterton Street, Covent Garden, at the open mic session. Readers may take the opportunity to go and experience her readings for themselves. They don’t disappoint!

Coffee House Poetry Night at The Troubadour, London 14 Dec 2015

I was invited by Anne Marie Fyfe to come down and read at The Troubadour, which is always a pleasure. The theme was "Winter".

I choose to read a poem I wrote called "Kunduz: Remembering Baynazar Mohammad Nazar".

It was a poem I wrote last week, after seeing a photograph taken by the photojournalist Andrew Quilty of the dead body of Baynazar Mohammad Nazar, he was being operated on at The Medecins Sans Frontieres hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan when it was bombed by the US as a result of human error. He was a husband and father of four. There is a fund going to raise money for the family he left behind.

I was glad to get to perform it, especially as it was so new.

Afterwards a lady came up to me and said "We needed a serious one. That was an important testimony".

That moved me to tears. I felt I'd done my job as a poet.

The Poetry Cafe, Covent Garden 12 Dec 2015

I performed some new poems at Platform 1 open mic night at The Poetry Cafe in Covent Garden.

It was great to hear such a range of interesting work from the other poets that performed. 

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.

Nangle Rare Books: Worlds End Bookshop Bookmark Preview 27 Sep 2015

Nangle Rare Books specialises in rare and collectable books. Julian Nangle, the owner, has over thirty years experience in the field and it enjoys an extensive collection including Oscar Wilde, Henry Williamson, Thomas Hardy, T.E.Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, The Hogarth Press, Bloomsbury writers, Adrian Bell and countless others.

Here is Julian's blog post following the Worlds End Bookshop Bookmark Preview and part-poetry Reading earlier this week.

Perhaps we are, at last, at the dawn of a new time of interest in poetry. The place was packed with a younger generation interested in poetry – Scarlett is just 25. I do believe poetry is having a serious revival and I drink to that – long may it last.

Read more about the evening here

World's End Bookshop's Bookmark Poems Preview Party 25 Sep 2015

I went to the Worlds End bookshop in Chelsea to celebrate an event for Bookmark Poems published by Wordpress.

I was invited to read "Three O'Clock in the Morning" by Andrew Motion and my own two poems "Functioning" and "Rocking Underground".

I was lucky enough to be in the company of David Harsent, Michael Horowitz, Roger McGough, A.F Harrold, and Ruth Fainlight.

It was a wonderful return to my beloved World's End Bookshop, the place of my very first poetry reading in 2013.