kate tempest has just finished rehearsing. she is one of the headline acts here at britan‘s biggest spoken word festival. this festival is called contains strong language, four days over 60 acts and if you thought poetry was just similes, stanzas and sonnets, think again. bbc radio 1xtra were here last night. i went last night and it was incredible. but there is much more than rap. you have the stars of poetry like simon armitage, to hollywood stars like jeremy irons. something for everyone. hello from hull. this weekend we host the biggest festival of poetry and spoken word. swerving to solitude of skies and scarecrows. between the shorelines. i have been known to write a few. it is a rich tradition in lancashire to turn up at a wedding with a ditty but i wouldn't put myself in the class of the great writers i am reading this week in anyway shape or form. it's national poetry day and we hear from some people reading their favourite poems. they have been sent to fry us. it is exciting to see the hull accent and language taking

we are back at contains strong language and kate tempest is on stage.ominee. one of the other highlights of the festival has been this, poetry written in or about hull and read by two actors. i, by the tide of humber would complain. he is one of the few actors to excel on the stage and the small and big screen, winning a tony and an emmy and an oscar. do i know you? he is still making hollywood blockbusters but he always has time for a bit of poetry. i love being introduced to new poets, which i have been in this poem. i knew philip larkin but i didn't know some of the poets i am reading in this. stevie smith of course. do you write anything yourself? no. i used to. when i was 14 i did. i am worried about my shirt, very worried indeed. i think it is too short for my trousers and a safety pin is what i need. there is a gap in the middle, it's not that i mind, it'sjust that i think it lacks taste. i'm sure they would be happy together. i am not sure of their sex but i think they would make a good man and wife. it would be so simple indeed to fix them toge

we're back at contains strong language, and one of the headline acts, kate tempest, is onstage.h. she's the winner of the ted poetry prize. one of the other highlights of the festival has been this, poetry written in or about hull and read by actors julie hausmann haupt and hollywood starjeremy irons. down by the indian ganges's side should rubies find. i by the tide of humber would complain. he's one of the few actors to excel on the stage and the small and big screen, winning a tony, an emmy, and an oscar. do i know you? he is still making hollywood blockbusters, but he's always got time for a bit of poetry. i love being introduced to new poets, which i have been in this programme. i mean, philip larkin i know, although i didn't know some of the poems i'm reading of his in this. steven smith of course, the famous hull poets. did you write anything yourself? no. i used to, when i was 1a or 15, short shirt it was called. i'm worried about my shirt, very worried, very worried indeed, think it's too short for my trousers, a safety pin‘s the thing that i need. you see, my shirt is

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we are back at contains strong language and kate tempest is on stage.o much. the winner of the ted hughes poetry prize and a mercury prize nominee. one of the other highlights of the festival has been this, poetry written in or about file and read by two actors. —— written in or about town—mac. two actors. —— written in or about town-mac. i, by the town of humber would complain. he is one of the few actors to excel on the stage and the small and big screen, winning a tony and an emmy and an oscar. do i know you? he is still making hollywood blockbusters but he always has time for a bit of poetry. i love being introduced to new poets, which i have been in this poem. i knew philip larkin but i didn't know some of the poets i am reading in this. stevie smith of course. due write anything yourself? no. i used to. when i was 14 i did. i am worried about my shirt, very worried indeed. i think it is too short shirt for my trousers and a safety pin is what i need. there is a gap in the middle, it's not that i mind, it'sjust that i think it lacks taste. i'm sure

kate tempest has just finished rehearsing.ntains strong language, four days over 60 acts and if you thought poetry was just similes, stanzas and sonnets, think again. bbc radio 1xtra were here last night. i went last night and it was incredible. but there is much more than rap.