Word Spoken

Shaun Rivers' poetry cascades with an eye-winking exuberance matched only by his luscious locks. A performance poet to the core he'll get you thinking whilst tickling your toes and caressing your inner wordsmith. We hear 3 brand new pieces 'Fresh', 'Abandoned' and lastly 'Drip Drip'. @RiversSR1 is the handle. This is first episode in Season 2, so enjoy some fresh segments and chance to win yourself a Word Spoken mug. I know right? Madness.

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Brand new episodes, new features, new guests! Word Spoken is back! Head to YouTube to catch the full episodes! OUT MONDAY!!!

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It's the final recap episode and Billie PN joins us again to go over the final 4 episodes of Season 1. The poets are Billie PN herself, Danny Martin, Mr Milise and finally Poet Curious. Enjoy!

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Season 1 Recap Part 3 has arrived, and the glimmering Billie PN is here to co-host the show. We get to hear one poem each from Kyla Wynter, Woodzy, Jamie Merrick, Jamal Hassan and Tyrone Lewis. This line up is sure to give you that poetry fix during lockdown. Catch the full video of this episode on YouTube. Enjoy!

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Carousel Radio's resident poet Sam Castell-Ward comes into the studio. Carousel is a Brighton-based award-winning charity supporting learning disabled people to achieve their creative ambitions. It runs workshops, training and events for learning disabled artists in the fields of music, film and digital media, and podcasting. The three poems we get to hear from him are 'Through the Circle', 'The Bullies Always Win' and finally 'I wish I was Bothered'. Give him a follow at @SamCastellWard. Enjoy!

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Part 2 of the Open Mic series is here, and we've got a stella line up for you. Chris Moore, Jessica Jane-Morling, Jake Nathan, Faz Barber, Zazie, Joe Johnsey, Amalia The Alchemist, Nawar, Abena Bediako, and Kenny Burns. Make sure you check out @WordSpokenPodcast in instagram to find all their handles to give them a follow. Enjoy!

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You're missing open mic nights right? Well Word Spoken has got just the thing for you. In this episode we get to hear from 10 poets who entered the competition to have their poetry feature on the show. The winners were: Phil Joa, Sian, Jamie Crawford, Angus Brown, The Bipolar Poet, Heidi Henders, David Atkinson, Elinor Clark and Jeremy Gune. Enjoy!

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Ep #023 sees us put out a Swapcast, from the incredible poetry platform across the pond! In this episode the Pen Clique guys provide us with a mixtape of their Season 2 highlights. We get to hear from Alex Alpharaoh, Meccamorphosis, Judah 1 and Mathew Cuban. Make sure you give @PenClique a follow to keep up to date with all their latest content. Enjoy!

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It's Part 2 of the Season 1 Recap episodes and we've got one hell of a line up for you. Episodes 6 to 10 saw Fisky, Aishah, Sarah Callaghan, Tanaka Fuego and Ella DG come onto the show and deliver some serious fire. Catch the full video of this episode up on YouTube right now! If you want to have your poetry played out on Word Spoken send in a audio recording of your work to [email protected]. Deadline for application is Sunday 12th April. As always, Enjoy!

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So Season 1 has come to an end and what could be better than going over some of the highlights? Well I sat down with the man who helped me kick this whole thing off, Aiz, and the finished result is this hour long giggle. The full video of this episode is up on YouTube so go and give it a lil watch if ya fancy. We are devilishly handsome so why not? Part 1 sees us going over the first 5 episodes with, Aiz himself, followed by Aicha Therese, Maddie Haynes, Ifti, and Benny Bruce. Enjoy!

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