indiepoetryplease

Each week, I select a winning poem from the “Indie Poetry Please” feature on Instagram, which is announced here on … Read more

This is a summary of this fortnight’s #indiepoetryplease, my Instagram TV poetry reading, in which I read some of my own poetry and some poems from other indie poets I admire.

The aim of #indiepoetryplease is to introduce viewers to some of the most exciting, inspiring, and dynamic voices working in poetry today.

This is the Instagram TV reading from Indie Poetry Please! — In each session, I’ll be reading three of my own poems and three poems from other indie poets I admire.

The theme this week is “Black Lives Matter” and includes poems from Tolu Agbelusi, Saili Katebe and @pensandpavement.

I’ll be introducing listeners to some of the most exciting, inspiring, and dynamic voices working in poetry today.