by Cynthia Miller | Jan 16, 2019 | News
Whilst we at Verve love putting on some of the finest poets in the world, in one of the greatest cities on the planet, we are also very partial to humouring people. The more studious of you may recall last year’s ‘Verve is Fake’ debacle: where...
by Cynthia Miller | Jan 14, 2019 | News
Burning Eye Books is the biggest publisher of UK spoken word and performance poetry. Clive first came up with the crazy notion of putting it on the page back in 2011 at an Ash Dickinson gig. From there, this backroom press has produced 150 poetry collections, sold...
by Cynthia Miller | Jan 7, 2019 | News
In late 2016, David Ferris (organ-playing genius) and I (lost poet) concluded it’d be awesome if Birmingham’s equally thriving Poetry and Jazz scenes got together. We messaged peeps, made a sexy banner, and for reasons that are yours to discover, dear blog reader, we...
by Fabio Thomas | Dec 21, 2018 | News
Hello! What a pleasure to feature as a guest blogger for Verve! I’m going to take this opportunity to tell you all about Overhear. Overhear is about location and creative content. It uses mobile technology to link the two and generate a micro-economy for poets, here’s...
by Cynthia Miller | Dec 16, 2018 | News
We’re really excited to announce, after months of deliberation, that the winners of the 2019 Verve Poetry Festival competition, on the theme of ‘community’, are finally decided. The three winning poets will appear at the competition event on the...
by Cynthia Miller | Dec 5, 2018 | News
Last May I wandered into a charity shop and walked out with 11 recent back issues of POETRY magazine. Of all the wonderful poems and poets I read in those issues, one in particular grabbed hold of me and wouldn’t let go. It was Sumita Chakraborty’s long poem “Dear,...
