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Poetry

Original poetry from TheNeverPress - new work and also extracts and full pieces from old collections.

Write Speak Recover ⸱ Tim Foley

Write Speak Recover: Hannah Stanislaus

Hannah created the Lost Souls poetry nights and always videos the poets. Later sharing the recordings on Instagram as a lovely way to honour their work. The best part of this is you can hear Hannah’s “hmmms” and “wows” as the poets speak. Little offers of love and support
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Articles ⸱ Tim Foley

WriteB4theMic Celebrate their First Anniversary

We spend an evening of poetry and performance with the WriteB4TheMic collective for their one-year anniversary!
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Poetry ⸱ Ameer Azad

The Thousand Mile Stretch

A new slice from Ameer Azad, our Poet-In-Residence. Brace before clicking.
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Write Speak Recover ⸱ Tim Foley

Write Speak Recover: Sasha

In talking to, and listening to Sasha's poetry you'll be met by a deep poetic knowledge and understanding of the natural world, and the challenges it faces. I always learn something when I talk to Sasha, about identity, the body, the planet. Gentle lessons about rain,
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Poetry ⸱ Ameer Azad

The Secret Lobe

The third poem from Ameer Azad, our Poet-In-Residence. Brace before clicking.
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Write Speak Recover ⸱ Tim Foley

Write Speak Recover: Kellie Adams

I first heard Kellie at Lost Souls Poetry night. I felt kinda off myself that day and didn’t like how I read but in the break they were super kind and told me they’d connected with it. I wasn’t going to stick around for the second act
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Poetry ⸱ Ameer Azad

Bad Penny

A new, fierce, offering from Ameer Azad, our Poet-In-Residence. Brace before clicking.
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Poetry ⸱ Graham Thomas

The Quietist

Read, or listen, to a new poem taken from Graham's upcoming collection 'Acts As Bold As Love'
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Write Speak Recover ⸱ Tim Foley

Write Speak Recover: Rayon Johnson

I felt very disoriented when I moved to London in 2024 and didn’t know anyone. I found Write B4 the Mic in Brixton run by Starlight (a previous WSR poet). The first workshop I attended was on the theme of love. Rayon was co-hosting. I was really nervous. He
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Poetry ⸱ Ameer Azad

The Dead Stay Smiling

The first submission from the uncompromising, dark troubadour Ameer Azad, our Poet-In-Residence. Brace before clicking.
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Write Speak Recover ⸱ Tim Foley

Write Speak Recover: Fiona Broadhurst

I went to my first poetry night in early 2024 after returning to the UK permanently for the first time in over 20 years. I had been writing feverishly and the lovely souls in my Recovery Dharma group had been encouraging me to go out and speak. I had found
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Write Speak Recover ⸱ Tim Foley

Write Speak Recover: Jean Akintoye

Jean is a maker of magic. You can feel it moving around him as he enters a room. An aura of wonderful otherness as if he wears a cloak of creativity. Ready at any moment to whisk it into action and spring into sorcery! That’s how his poems and
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