Sylvia Plath, Bob Cobbing, David J, Roddy Lumsden, TS Eliot, Adrian Mitchell, Mike Diss, William Blake, Alasdair Gray, Joolz, Cathal Coughlan, The city of London, The Home Counties, North London bus routes, any imaginative exaggerations and outright lies, the deluded behaviour of the English, and anyone with ideas above their station.
Dave Bryant has been on the London poetry scene for some considerable time, ducking his way up and down stairs to sweaty cellars and rooms above pubs to spread his frequently high paced, sometimes slightly warped "art". He has even been known to wander into theatres, libraries and art galleries when the invitation is extended. In fact, he's been on the same bill as bands and even Burlesque performers before now in his ridiculous and possibly fatal mission to get the poetry over to as wide an audience as possible.
Over the last few years, he has performed sets for (amongst others):
Apples and Snakes Utter! New Blood The George Tavern The Cellar at The Poetry Cafe Whitechapel Art Gallery Novas Gallery Touch Me I'm Sick at the Old Crown Tall Lighthouse The Klinker Y Tuesday Poetry Club Borders Bookstore on Oxford Street
...and many more venues and nights which are fondly remembered by the poet but couldn't really be listed here, otherwise this entire biography would end up being a list of venues and we wouldn't get much further. Just because he didn't namecheck you, though, doesn't mean to say he doesn't want you to ask him back.
He has also been published in the Hearing Eye anthology of London writers and performers "In The Company of Poets" which is still commercially available, and some of his work has also featured in numerous "Delinquent" anthologies which can be ordered through http://www.thedelinquent.co.uk. The UK Poetry Podcast has also been known to feature his work, and the live recordings above stem from an event they put on at the Poetry Cafe in London.
Keep an eye on this profile for audio and visual updates, and read the blog. He doesn't refer to himself in the third person there, at least.
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Hey Dave! Don't know why myspace only just told me I have a new comment?! Weird. Thanks for that. I've been writing a lot lately and will update the blog real soon. I really like your death of a trade poem.. for about the past 4 months my poems seem to be about work, so I can definitely relate.
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I was so happy to see you the other night! Let's meet again! Hope you have a great weekend! I am listening to Devendra's Cripple Crow and it's Saturday morning. The sky is dark blue and every single tree seems asleep... My bed is awaiting.
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