Word Space - Poetry open mic, writing workshop, word-based chill. Wednesday

Words-based Sunday evenings in the heart of East London including; open mic, poem sharing, discussion, feedback and writing activities.

Bring your pens, pencils and daydreams. Open mic sign ups from 6:00pm.

6:30pm-9:00pm

First Wednesday of the Month

Also; crisp German beers crafted on site (!), herby herbal teas and breathtakingly lovely folk

Hangovers and foggy end-of-weekend brains very welcome

***This is a Pay What You Can event. This is about creative community and nobody is ever going to be excluded from that because of financial means. If you're in work and can afford it, please donate kindly so that this independent event can keep happening, and so that the person who can't afford it gets a poetry night too. A system based on kindness and soundness. Thank you. I love you x ***

Poetry is a team game.

We spend so much time sat alone trying to find our muse. Trying to put that blemishless idea down on blemishless paper, or being frustrated that we can’t just stop scrolling and independently pull out a fully polished poem from deep within our psyche. The truth is, for most of us, art is more rewarding, more alive and easier when social. Playing with words was collectively developed for real social functions - telling stories for a purpose; it is empathising, it is wearing other people’s glasses for a minute, it is the practice of connection - warts, mistakes, scrappy first drafts and all.

Word Space is about listening as much as writing or performing. About community and being wholly generous with our much fought for attention. It is about the necessity of space to hear, think, and digest someone’s words and give encouragement, appreciation and artistic support. Miles Davis said something like ‘jazz is the gap between notes’. Word Space might be the breath after a full stop – followed by telling someone you loved their third line.

Location:

Kraft Dalston Bar & Restaurant inside Kingsland Locke, 130a Kingsland High St, London E8 2LQ

2 minute walk from Dalston Kingsland tube

Host or Publisher Word Space - Joshua Hallam