Two of the most engaging performance poets based in the northwest collide in the collegial collaboration that is Karma Veranda.
The tragic and untimely birth of Dermot Glennon in Downpatrick, Ireland in 1972 robbed the world of one of its best loved person-shaped spaces. A Silver Stake Slam winner and hunter of scandal, Dermot's work has been published in many UK and US magazines. This venture rather scarily brings a job lot together in the same place for the first time.
Adam Irving considers himself a freshly born eager and is a frequent performer on the national poetry circuit. After successfully droplifting several collections of his work, including There's a Light Hat at the End of the Tunnel, The Fury of Seagulls and Muffins for the Sick and Wounded, his first collection from Mucusart Publications - the engagingly titled Coffee Shop Philosophy - gained critical acclaim.  Available by mail order, on-line or from Cornerhouse (Oxford St) in Manchester Text © Dermot Glennon & Adam Irving 2003
| | Let's Call the Whole Thing Odd
Dermot Glennon
You say "Ba-nann-as" and I say "Ba-narn-as",
Who needs a third expert psychiatric witness?
You say potatoes and I say tomatoes,
Good set of rules and call them paper, stone and scissors,
Let's call the whole thing odd
You infer an overtone that doesn't mean a lot to me
Let's call the whole thing postmodernist philosophy Book by Cover
Adam Irving
Never judge a book by its cover
Or a cover by its front
Its front by the title or the print by its fontDon't judge the spine by its length
Or the words by their size
An author by their past
Or their face by their eyes Don't judge a meal by its price
Or film by its cast
But especially try not to judge a poem that doesn't rhyme,
Commit itself to a particular format,
Arrive at any conclusion,
Or have a satisfactory ending.
"A shocking collection of humourous, sarcastic and observational poetry," scooptheloot.com
"The contents...make you want to punch the poets, eat the poets and shake hands with the poets. A review would be futile, buy the book," City Life |