New post new poems

p&g2 is here and we are seeking poems to put on p&g mag. We have become slightly self-referential in that the blog is the mag. But then you get to interact with the poems a bit more. So maybe this is cool.


Send us your stuff and be the first to grace these pages...

A few new developments: you can find us on insta @poetandgeek and confusingly we are now on Twitter @poetogeek. This is not a typo. Our account got suspended. Why? Who knows....

Otherwise the usual mix of woodland, bubble searches, goth days, poetry punk, Emily Bronte, zajal, poet's houses, etc.

Glad to be back...please subscribe for more of this nonsense. Send poems to poetandgeek at gmail.com.

@khursheb broke Twitter

People may claim to break the internet.

However p&g editor Bridget Khursheed managed to break Twitter by copying c85000 characters of code into one tweet. We look forward to further stress tests and hopefully a graph on this later...

Graphic a reconstruction - although to be honest, we managed to break Twitter again whoops...

How to do nerdcore poetry?

Nerdcore has been casting its spell over the world - well over us actually - and as a result we share with you some nerdcore poems.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLyzniN6HNM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9TGCFARp6s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9TGCFARp6s

Please alert us to any finer examples...

And for a more nerdy detail and research here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerdcore_hip_hop.

Vogon Poetry Slam for Geek Pride Day 25th May 2012 London England

Irresistible nerd poetry event with a Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy theme. Vogon Poetry Slam for Geek Pride Day 2012. Like last year, but in a shiny new venue and improved infinitely by being on a Friday.

Tickets on sale now:  http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Hackney_Picturehouse/film/Vogon_Poetry_Slam/  or turn up (see below).

The Vogon Poetry Slam has two categories:

* Nerdcore
* So-Bad-It’s-Good

£5 on the door (£3 if you're in costume or have your towel with you) at Hackney Attic, 270 Mare Street, E8 1HE London.



yes, I did meet Douglas Adams in Chicago and frightened the life out of him by saying I was "his biggest fan" just around the time of that Stephen King book. yes, I did do HDttG as my Mastermind subject at school. yes, he did "back away"...