Wondermentalist

Well folks, another wonderful Wondermentalist evening is behind us, and, in a strange but satisfying Traydio podcasty way, ahead of us…

It was a terrific evening with everyone on top form - I say this immodestly as a contributor who delivered the longest Empath Man episode on record and stretched our audience’s attention span to hitherto undreamt of lengths. But bless them and thank them they went with the stretch, they felt the burn, they returned to their natural shape. Jackie Juno was magnificent - she assured us that every word in her poem Betterware could be found in the catalogue of the same name, but without Jackie to splice it together I guarantee it wouldn’t have been the same. And Simon Williams, to his lasting credit, developed the origami precedent set last month by Jerri Hart into what, if the folded gauntlet is picked up in February, could amount to a tradition.

It was not a night to single out favourites. But, since you insist, and on the understanding that you know I loved all the acts with a fervour only just this side of seemly, I will mention that Rose Cook’s take on string is something we could all aspire to and learn from.

The Dead Poets Slam was won by Robert Service’s ‘The Spell of the Yukon’ read by wonderful Lucy Lepchani, one of our featured poets next month.

Our next Wondermentalist Cabaret is on Saturday February 23rd. The headliner is the extremely funny Elvis McGonagall ”one man and his doggerel”, star of stage, skip and cctv. I’ll start another thread to talk about Feb 23rd. I’ll probably call it “February 23rd Cabaret” - it won’t be hard to find…

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