Ken Cumberlidge

Poetry / Spoken Word

KEN CUMBERLIDGE: POETRY To see the full text and publication details of any poem, click on its track title. "Honest, unflinching, emotionally intelligent and stunningly crafted." - Cathy Carson Multiple slam-winner, finalist at Hammer & Tongue Cambridge 2018 and 2019, Ken Cumberlidge cut his performance teeth on the pub poetry scene of the 1970s. Since 2011 Ken has been based in Norwich, but can be lured out of cover by good company and an open mic - a proclivity that has led him to become an habitué of the slam poetry/spoken word scene. Ken writes about love, sex, nature, loss, identity and queerness, with an occasional foray into the eerie and macabre. Poke him with a sharp enough stick and he may even wake up long enough to get shouty about politics. His work has appeared widely in print and online (Algebra of Owls / Allegro / As Above So Below / Bi All Accounts / Bogg / The Fiction Pool / Fire&Dust Anthology / Fragmented Voices / Impspired / Ink, Sweat & Tears / Ludd's Mill / Message in a Bottle / The Open Mouse / Picaroon / Pulsar / Pure Slush / Rat's Ass Review / Runcible Spoon / SMOKE / Snakeskin / Songs of Eretz / Spilling Cocoa… / Strange Poetry / Talking Soup / Timber Ghost Press ...etc). Headline/featured poet at numerous events/venues, including: Allographic Open Mic Beth Hartley "A Holding" book launch Cambridge PRIDE FenSpeak Fire&Dust, Coventry Hammer & Tongue, Cambridge High St Poetry, Ely Incite! LGBTQIA+ Spoken Word Cabaret Last Poet Standing, Norwich Oooh Beehive Poetry at Jurnet's Poetry Non-Stop podcast St Andrews Festival, Cambridge Sunday Night Lives at the Flying Pig Vron McIntyre "Random Trail" book launch

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