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Luke Wright

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About Me

Aisle16 founder and stand-up poetry’s Mr Saturday Night. Current show is Luke Wright, Poet & Man see tour dates below.
It’s been said that he’s: "the best young performance poet around," (The Observer) and "the hard working heir to John Hegley" (The Guardian).Although someone on a message board once suggested he should be raped in the mouth with a nail gun. You decide.
Yum, nails!
You can see Luke and his poems at various venues up and down the country, and also The Latitude Festival, where he programmes and hosts The Stand-Up Poetry Arena - the largest gathering of poets in the UK.
For live bookings please contact Luke .For TV & Radio writing it’s Ben Hall at Curtis Brown .His literary agent is Elizabeth Sheinkman at Curtis Brown .In front of camera stuff is dealt with by Jacquie Drewe at Curtis Brown ,and Dan Pursey at Mobius deals with press & PR.
You should probably check out:
lukewright.co.uk
aisle16.co.uk
whowritesthiscrap.com

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Here’s a link and poem from Luke Wright, Poet & Man:
Luke wrote the script for this short film, narrated by Robert Lyndsey:

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/1/2006
Band Website: lukewright.co.uk
Influences: Martin Newell, John Cooper Clarke, Ross Sutherland, Joel Stickley, Paul Macjoyce, Yanny Mac, Chris Hicks, Tim Clare, Joe Dunthorne, John Osborne, Evelyn Waugh, Damon Albarn, Attila The Stockbroker, Stewart Lee, Richard Herring, Eddie Izzard, Russel Brand
Sounds Like: me
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New Poem: So like an ostrich

here's a new 'un. it's not in final draft format. maybe you have a suggestion?So Like An Ostrich The long poem reaches its crescendo it's stark epiphany uttered breathless.The poet bows, a low, majes...
Posted by Luke Wright on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:13:00 PST

Possibly The Most Foppish Baffoon

On 6 September 2007 I was at home in Norwich feeling depressed. I had recently come back from the worst Edinburgh run of my life. I was thousands of pounds in debt and I felt my career was spinning o...
Posted by Luke Wright on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:03:00 PST

Poetry Criminal

Hello Myspace Lovers,I have just found out from a friend of mine that someone going by the name of poetrycriminal (see his page here) has been putting my poems on his blog and passing them off as his ...
Posted by Luke Wright on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:52:00 PST

3 New Poems

It's been a while, I know, but the old ability to write stuff good enough for public consumption is once again grace me with its presence.First up a little piece that I might extend as some point, but...
Posted by Luke Wright on Fri, 16 May 2008 04:33:00 PST

ON THE ROAD...

...Well, back home again to be precise. Last year I packed my bags and waved goodbye to the homestead for six weeks. You can read about that tour on this blog (March 2007). About half way through I st...
Posted by Luke Wright on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:29:00 PST

POEM: SEX BUTLER

A new one from me. I gratefully acknowledge the tireless assistance of my wife in this matter. I mean, she edited the poem, and indeed twas her that first uttered the immortal words "Sex Butler." Word...
Posted by Luke Wright on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:15:00 PST

THE TERRIBLE TALE OF LIKE WRIGHT

When I went to Glastonbury last year there was a misprint on my ticket. Instead of saying "Luke Wright," it said "Like Wright." This amused me for two reasons. Firstly, I think misspelling someone's n...
Posted by Luke Wright on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:27:00 PST

NEW TRACKS

Hello.I have written some new stuff:Camping DadLaura BrownA Poet's Work is Never DoneThanx 4 The Ad.Given the subject matter I think Thanx 4 The Ad. lent itself to being a shit song. I am not trying t...
Posted by Luke Wright on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:01:00 PST

A POET’S WORK IS NEVER DONE

A Poet's Work Is Never Done Quaffing champagne out of crystal flutes getting in and out of these platform boots throwing up my lunch on that nice man's suit ...
Posted by Luke Wright on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:51:00 PST

BACK 2 SKOOL

I've got a new blog - see it at http://ithoughtitwastuesday.blogspot.com. You can subscribe to the rss at that address. I'll duplicate the next few posts here but eventually I'll wind this one up - yo...
Posted by Luke Wright on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:06:00 PST