In text and projection a mix of history and whisper, shadow and reflection appear on walls and mirrors in the foyer of the Andaz hotel, Liverpool Street, 4th – 12th July. Go to East End Film Festival website for more… Jan Noble was poet in residence for the 2010 East End Film Festival. Extracts from his poem,Continue reading “Stay Close – A poem for the East End Film Festival”
Author Archives: Jan Noble
This arrived the other day…
The photograph that is. Perhaps I should explain… I sent 34 postcards from my holiday. I wrote a single stanza from a long poem on each of them. The poem contained 34 stanzas. The poem was divided up between 34 recipients who each received a different stanza on a postcard. The whole poem is nowContinue reading “This arrived the other day…”
Toward Grand Central
Novelist Zina Rohan reads an extract from a long poem – a half-fictionalised commentary on the affair between the poets George Barker and Elizabeth Smart. Both published an account of their relationship: on one side an out of print novel and on the other a highly acclaimed novella. This poem does not set out toContinue reading “Toward Grand Central”
Sonnets from the Salon
Six poems for the Beaucatcher Salon, London N16, summer 2013. [more]
McKevitt & Noble EP – CD and 7″ lyric book
Ok so it’s 03/03/13 and we’ve got 13 signed copies of a 3 song McKevitt & Noble EP. That’s a CD inside a 7″ lyric book. All very cool. They’ll be available at 3 pm today. [more]
Nº 166
Nº 166 – “Well we have three Japanese restaurants in our area. One is very exclusive, one is extremly average and the third one is Chinese.” @Jan_Noble
Nº 147
Nº 147 – No high speed manifestos, no more car crash poems, but at Marinetti’s grave the sound of distant traffic is keeping the poet awake. @Jan_Noble
Nº 134
Nº 134 – Last night I watched the river undress. First it removed its shirt, second it took off its trousers then, embarrassed, it swam away @Jan_Noble
Nº 132
Nº 132 – And if she asks where I’ve gone tell her I am cleaning the meat from my bones and won’t be back until they’re stripped and scoured. @Jan_Noble
Nº 131
Nº 131 – “I have pigeons nesting in my hair, wood lice crawling out of my ears, mice gnawing at my feet, there is no room for you my love.” @Jan_Noble
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