LindseyIn Pictures: Performance Poets @ Lewisham Literary FestivalOver the course of the evening, poetry even appeared on the wallsRoss Sutherland performed the poem he wrote for Londonist: Poem Looked Up On Google StreetviewNikesh Shukla read a brilliant story from his third person diary: Peaches and CreamLewisham local and prime mover behind the Lewisham Lit Fest kids poetry competition, Janett Plummer ended with her excellent poem about being a Brummy in LondonJacob Sam-La Rose - another Lewisham local - debuted an awesome urban poem and told us our dreamsLewisham local and judge for the Lewisham Lit fest kids poetry comp, Ronnie McGrath wowed us with his mouth trumpet and fantastic surrealist performance poetryYet another Lewisham local, Nii Parkes transported us to Ghanian beaches and made us think how playing basketball and the piano are really quite similarPeckhamite, Liz Bentley gave us pre- and post- separation poems, ending with a song about taking a small child to Sainsburys - warning, don't go on holiday with her :)
Pictures from last night's Londonist Presents: Performance Poets at Lewisham Literary Festival featuring four hyper-local performers, one from up the road, one who spends an awful lot of time here and one who's just jumped ship but was born and raised in Harrow. Click through the gallery for a flavour of the fab evening.
The festival closes tonight with Tall Tales, a night of comedy and storytelling for grown-ups with John Finnemore, Helen Arney and other brilliant people for £4 in Hither Green.
