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My name is pj buchanan - and I'm
poetry
jack
Performance poetry is what I do. I tinker with words and rhymes - I
shatter the illusion that poetry is something lyrical. My poetry is
satirical, ironic, rhythmically sonic. And sometimes sweet, laced with
sexual heat.
I'm introvert and extrovert, an oxymoronic dyke-otomy. I've travelled and
explored, been bored and ignored. I've soared heights, been involved in
fights, taken flight when the corner gets too tight. I'm a dyke in shining
armour, been there when it mattered, with my banner high, intact, untattered.
I bring my own brand of dyke poetry to anyone who
cares to listen or read. I've performed at festivals (including
Glastonbury),
bars, cafés, libraries, schools, and even a ferry boat. I've performed at
gay events and straight ones too - I had great fun being part of the first ever
Bristol Mardi Gras Fringe in August 2006
I have a Master's degree in Creative Writing from Bath Spa Uni. I'm
working on a new novel, which is about dyke life in South London. There
are no detectives in the story, and it's not set in Victorian times.
Despite this I hope that the book will be a cracking good read and will enable
me to retire, way hay! I am also taking a Certificate in Counselling
Skills at Bristol University. I want to enable people to use writing in a
therapeutic way - this is planned to start in 2007. I am also a member of Lapidus.
Coming out as a poet was difficult... coming out as was
easier! To a lot of people poetry means the sort of stuff they learnt at
school - you know the kind of stuff 'I wandered lonely as a cloud' etc etc.
My
poetry
is different.
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