Why the Guerrilla Poet you may be wondering?? well I have a habbit of spitting out verses at any given moment, hence the name...
Yes yes it is I, Mr. Stephen James Smith, so who am I ehh I hear you asking?? well here is a little info if you want more communicate dam it! or listen to the feckin poetry stuff I have up here, anyways....I'm from Tallaght (bit of a shithole) in Dublin, I write, I drink the black stuff with a drop of powers to wash it down. I laugh and enjoy making others laugh. I'm not looking for much in life just a small bit of happiness, and peace of mind. ehh not sure what other rubbish to be saying hear....
Oh I tend to do a bit of spoken word des temps en temps, here are some of the venues I have hit so far...............
Electric Picnic: 2007 & 2008, Stradbally Estate, Co. Laois
BBC Radio 4 Irish Slam Poetry Final, McHuges, Belfast 2007
Balcony TV, Dame St. Dublin
Whelan’s, Wexford St. Dublin
Roisin Dubh, Domonick St. Galway
Galway Town Hall Threatre
Cuirt Internation Literary Festival, Galway:
3rd Place Grand Slam Final '08 & Stage Crash! '07
The Lobby, Cork
Dolan's Bar & Warehouse, 3/4 Dock Road (St. Alphonsus st.) Limerick
KHL, Amsterdam
Love Poetry Hate Racism 2007 & 2008, Crawdaddy, Harcourt St. Dublin
The International Bar, Wicklow St. Dublin
Bewley’s Café Theatre, Grafton St. Dublin
The Mill Theatre, Dundrum, Dublin
Poets on Fire, Rythme Factory, Whitechaple, London
Welcome to Wormfield, The Foundary, London
Crawdaddy, Harcourt St. Dublin
Write & Recite
The White House Poets, 52 O'Connell St. Limerick
Youth Speakes '08, Cuirt International Literary Festival 2008, Galway
Naked Lunch, Carnival, Wexford St. Dublin
I am a Lagan Tour 2007, with Buddy Wakefield + Guests
Seven Towers, Poetry Reading, Cassidy's, Westmoreland St.
Poets Anonymous
Bamboo Sessions, with Adian Murphy
Tallaght Civic Theatre, Dublin
Doyle’s, Ruby Sessions, College Green, Dublin
Sunday Roast
Eamonn Doran’s, Temple Bar, Dublin
Sugar Club, Leason St, Dublin
Annesley House. North Strand, Dublin
Pravda, Liffy St. Dublin
The Crane Bar, Sea Road, Galway
The Mezz, Eustace St. Dublin
The Library Bar, Ennis, Co. Clare
The Whitehorse Sessions, Kenny's, Lahinch, Co Clare
The Hub, Eustace St. Dublin
Isaac Butt, Store St. (Radio City) Dublin
Slattery’s, Rathmines, Dublin
Slattery’s, Caple St. Dublin
Voodoo Lounge, Dublin
Spy Bar, Eden Quay, Dublin
Spi Bar, South Anne’s St. Dublin
Lower Deck, Rathmines, Dublin
Bodkins, Bolton St. Dublin
Thomas Reads, Dame St. Dublin
Speakers Corner, Temple Bar Sq. Dublin
Brogans, Dame St. Dublin
Cassidy’s Westmoreland St. Dublin
Carnival, Wexford St. Dublin
The Duke, Duke St.
Legal Eagle, Four Courts, Dublin
Green Lizard, Francis St. Dublin
Huston Station Anti War Rally, Dublin
The Cobblestone, Smithfield, Dublin
The Stable /The Yukon Bar, Mullingar, West Meath
The Winding-Stairs bookshop, Bachelors Walk, Dublin
CYO, Wexford St. Dublin
Anseo, Camden St. Dublin
The Stages Head, Dublin
The Pale, Thomas St. Dublin
IADT Dun Laoghaire (Rag Week)
St. Michaels College (Poetry Workshop) Ballsbridge, Dublin
The Kings Head, Ruby Room, Shop St. Galway
Busker Browns, Quay St. Galway
Mc Gruders, Thomas St. Dublin
Gogerty's, Fleet St. Dublin
O'Sullivan's, Westmoreland St. Dublin
also some village in Wales!
and many other street corners and peoples ears!
if you'd like me to do a bit of spoken word at your gig sure give me a shout.
Here are some of the things that people have been kind enough to say about me: (oh and if this is percieved as me shooting off on an ego trip skip to the last one)
"Steve’s poems thrill me, energise me, delight me. Truth rings crystal clear. Don’t stop Steve. Don’t stop."
Pat Ingoldsby
"Steve Smith is D poet of his generation- unashamedly accurate and close to the bone. I must say that his work is both beautiful and unnerving all at the same time. The boy is somewhat of a genius. That’s it Stevo. I love you." brother’
Ro Byrne- Lirr & Earthquake Hair
"Stephen Smith is a ball of hydrogen gas that should be pumped into every household across the land.
He knocks seven shades of shite out of all the usual “birds and bees, whey and cheese†nonsense you
find at poetry readings. He sounds like he's walking into a forest full of energy vampires blindfolded with a lightsabre swinging in his hand, they might wound him but he ain't going down without a good fight."
All the best
Jinx Lennon
"One Monday evening in the underbelly of the International bar in Dublin was
when I first came across Stephen Smith. Amid a drain of dreary, crooning
singer-songwriters, a tall confident fella stood up, head and shoulders
above the other night’s performers, chest puffed and broke into oration. What
followed was 10 minutes of fine, eloquent, REAL and brutally honest poetry.
It was rough and scrappy in places and the words flew out of his mouth 100
miles per hour. But it was original and clever and commanded the respect of
everyone in that tiny room. Since then, I've watched Stephen Smith flourish
into a fine poet and philosopher. I wish him all the best for the future and
look forward to watching his star shine loud and bright."
Fiach (crooning dreary singer-songwriter)
"When I first met Stephen I thought he was mad. It turned out that I was right! But what I didn't realize was that it was his mad and loud personality that made him great and it was his willingness to appear foolish that made him wise. The better I got to know Stephen the more I have noticed that big personality being eclipsed by an even bigger and very generous heart. He is a great poet with a great soul, a fighter for those less fortunate and above all a man with the courage to walk to the beat of his own drum!"
Paul Hourican
"To the big Ste monga hungry sex munger do your best I love ya!
Jacqueline Tuck XX Put that in your book and smoke it!"
''Stephen is a big fella with a giant heart. A brave dreamer whose words are honest and searching. He is a new an unexpected friend. Be it in conversation words or letters he sends magic and hope.''
Derrick Devine
"Stephen wears his heart on one sleeve and his mind on the other, which is often refreshing, sometimes revolting, but always very very revealing."
Patrick Bridgeman
"Stephen James Smith: stubborn, loyal, funny, predictably unpredictable, travelling through the one space in many ways, harmless, turcio! stingy! Buys a pint but doesn’t let you forget it for about two years, crap taste in women, an entertainer, more like his mum and dad than he’d ever want to admit! Gifted with words, people and emotions. Going places.... and someone whose thought me a lot over the years.
This alright for you? Or should I say?
Was a principled romantic who wanted to save himself for a girl he loved, and was loved by, then along came a Ukrainian with massive breasts, he easily convinced himself he was in love with (her forever), so he got laid, got dumped and got hurt and has recovered to become a slick womanizer ever since, 'any holes a goal' is a long distance travelled from waiting forever!
Later."
Professor Mark (Buddyman) Jones
"Stephen Smith is a man who can write and perform poetry in the way it should be written and performed...that is to say, he means it."
Love and respect,
Ben Kritikos
‘Beauty and the beast combined, a hulking mess of a man
with piercing eyes leading to a creatively sublime
heart. I'm sure I owe him a few pints of Guinness.’
Matt Westlake
"He's an awful GEEBAG!"
So say most folk
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