"Not Worth The Money"

It was the Poetry Library open day
Totally free not a penny to pay.
Some of their vast collection on show
Passing through rude not to go.
To cap it off was a live event:performing text
Three poets for gratis one after the next.
Now there's no one way for poetry
It's each to their own.
The first two were listenable
In fact rather good
But the last one
I'd have booed
If I could.
And it wasn't just me as I glanced around
Others thumb twiddling is what I found
Just too polite to make a sound.
But how can you take someone seriously
With such a silly name
If you're 'Linus Slug:Insect Librarian'
You've only yourself to blame.
You were so unfunny
I wanted you to die on stage
If you were a real slug
I'd tread on you with rage.
Maybe it's just me
And you're loved by some
But deep down based on tonight
I suspect it's only your mum.

Dulwich Poet 17th November 2013

(Sunday 17th November was 'Poetry Performance', the Poetry Library Open Day. In the evening, at 8 o'clock, there was a free live event, called 'Performing Text', three poets commissioned to respond to this years open day. They were Claire Crowther, Charlotte Higgins and Linus Slug:Insect Librarian.)