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Tamsin Kendrick

i descend the handspan ladder, down to the theatre pit

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Tamsin Kendrick is a vivid veteran of the London poetry scene and has performed internationally in places such as Ireland, New Zealand and New York. She uses intelligent, streetwise poetry (Saltmargins) with a dose of humour to talk about anything from the apocalypse to navigating south London estates. “Sometimes,” she says of them, “they feel like the same thing”. Tamsin is a freelance writer, editor and chancer.
In 2000 Tamsin Kendrick lost her poetry virginity through a loudspeaker on Clapham Common to a homeless man and his dog. She has been performing in some of the most prestigious poetry nights and venues ever since. Whilst studying Philosophy and Theology at Oxford she hosted an open-mike night called Poetry Unplugged on The High.
Tamsin has performed at many places including Shortfuse’s Poetry Idol, the Latitude Festival, New Blood, Heartbeats (Liverpool), Voice & Verse (Galway Ireland), The Cellar, The Bricklane Festival, Elephest, Fruitstock and at Dodo modern poets. She has also done a mini New York tour where she featured at the Bowery Poetry Club and the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.
She has also been published in various poetry/magazines such the Wolf, the Delinquent, The Fix and Rising. She is currently working on her first anthology entitled Charismatic Megafauna.
Tamsin loves performing and if you want to book or publish her you can contact her via this page or on [email protected]
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"Just your average, giggly girl about town with an Oxford degree in philosophy. Muses on faith and the emotional grime of London life, the only poet I know of to be young yet experienced enough to feature in both eras of New Blood!” Niall O’Sullivan, host of New Blood and The Cellar

One of the hot new stars of the London poetry scene, intellgent, fierce, honest and delivered with a unique stage presence. Shortfuse

“Life and crimes of a free-verse, globe-trotting upper class lush plus some New New Apocalypstick.” Richard Tyrone Jones, host of Poetry@TheRoom.

“unmissable” The Latitude Festival

“Tales from the beating capital, with apocalypse washed city streets, bitter wine and the beautiful ache...London poetry scene favourite and performer at Latitude Festival in 2006.” Heartbeats, Liverpool

“intelligent, streetwise poetry.” Saltmargins

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( in no particular order) Radiohead, Led Zepplin, Scott Matthews, Jefferson Airplane, Hawksley Workman, Blonde Redhead, Elliott Smith, Rufus Wainwright, Aqualung, Martha Wainwright, Iron & Wine, The Blue Man Group, Damien Rice, Joni Mitchell, The Zombies, Kate Bush, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Elbow, Evan Dando, Bright Eyes(in parts), The Band, Oingo Boingo, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley, Amanda Ghost, Nina Simone, Poe, Regina Spektor, Laura Veirs, Feist, Sufjan Stevens, The Decemberists, Graham Kendrick, Phil Sheldrake and Niall Kelly.

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My Blog

Into the woods

My most post-modern Mr Tumnus,Mushroom pale and autumn haired,You pop me a wink and flex your spring-bones,Produce a lute and start to sing.We go deep into the woods,The birds watch our happening,Orch...
Posted by Tamsin Kendrick on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:36:00 PST

Hammer the crab

Hammer the crabRetreating, yet slowly,every month a centimetre, a back leg, a whole claw,a slow motion skittering,Skies an epileptic backdrop, flipping on and offto the sideways shuffle,the slow surre...
Posted by Tamsin Kendrick on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:10:00 PST

shes coming

She's comingover God's charcoal seas, sliding with kelp and weed,Franz Marc's mare, electric with London's red neon,plunge diving, bunching and smoothing into gallop,cantering up the Corrib into Galwa...
Posted by Tamsin Kendrick on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:26:00 PST

The Rockies, Colorado.

I just sat in a hot tub, neon lights illuminating my skin, staring at the red rockies as snow coated my hair shock white. I took a sip of my wine, put it on the side and did a ballet water dance, that...
Posted by Tamsin Kendrick on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:30:00 PST

alphabet

Right- you know how bored I am because I have just gone through the alphabet and written down what word each letter instantly reminds me of. What's yours? A-    Apple B-  &...
Posted by Tamsin Kendrick on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:13:00 PST

red to red

red to red  (for Neil McCarthy) Remember, I, lost in that too big bed of his, lost in dreams from which I cried to wake,   your quietness pooling behind the door, horror as I struggled...
Posted by Tamsin Kendrick on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:50:00 PST

quinnamon

quinnamonat dawn i begin the furrow ploughing soil seas into deep groovesi do not sing as i work- few do, but as rainbow-fluxes of chocolate, chestnut, coffeeripple out behind - I think, this is bette...
Posted by Tamsin Kendrick on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:07:00 PST

My perfect picnic hamper

Of course, served with a butler, silverware, a huge blanket with pillows, ice buckets, glassware, parasol, sunhats, white dresses by the river (there is an available punt) by the long grass ...
Posted by Tamsin Kendrick on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 06:54:00 PST

Tempt the temp- go on

I have started a job as a temp, it was a desperate situation,  I am so destitute I nearly accepted an offer in the Paxton Arms (the pub, south of despair, i.e. Crystal Palace) of a grand to ...
Posted by Tamsin Kendrick on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 05:19:00 PST

necessity is my tutor/ where has Tamsin been?

Where have I been? This is a good question? I'm not quite sure. I have been kicked in the stomach by a twisted malaise that just won't seem to gearshift. This is what happens when you have nothing to ...
Posted by Tamsin Kendrick on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 08:04:00 PST