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Welcome back to roller banner supremo and performance poet extraordinaire Steve Crawford, who has penned his own version of the Nativity story for us in verse…enjoy!
“Nowadays a call to social services, means they would take that baby away.”
On Christmas night apparently, baby Jesus had been put in a manger.
There were horses and cows and some sheep there too, sounds to me like he could be in danger. [Read more…]
Here in leafy Milton Keynes, England, we not only have our own Poet Laureate, but also another hugely popular performance poet by the name of Steve Crawford. Steve makes my idea of multi-tasking look like a quiet nap in the sunshine…
To quote his Amazon page he has been a … ” Photographer, Door-to-Door Vacuum Cleaner Salesman, Retail Manager, Computer Programmer, Systems Analyst, Shop Owner, IT Consultant, TV Director, Song Writer, Project Manager, Games Designer, Lead Creative Designer, Wedding Videographer, Project Leader, TV Cameraman, Film Director, Producer, Writer, Musician, Antique Dealer, Craftsman, Businessman… and now Poet.”
Steve Crawford, performance poet and multi-careerist extraordinaire
What all those amazing activities have done for Steve, apart from earning him a varied and colourful living, is to give him insight into a vast range of business and social environments which have provided him with inspiration for insightful, shrewd, clever and often very funny poems which he performs around the UK at arts festivals and other creative events.
Here is one of them, on the ridiculousness of business jargon … Business Speak, or lovingly nicknamed “BS.” Of course. [Read more…]
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Book publishing today: top 10 myths exploded: You probably know that book publishing today is a very different ballgame than the publishing picture of 20 years ago and more. But as you'd expect with a comparatively new and still evolving industry, "fake news" runs rife. Here are the ten most commonly held beliefs that are either wrong, or outdated…https://bit.ly/2NuxplUBook publishing today: top 10 myths exploded: You probably know that book publishing today is a very different ballgame than the publishing picture of 20 years ago and more. But as you'd expect with a comparatively new and still evolving industry, "fake news" runs rife. Here are the ten most commonly held beliefs that are either wrong, or outdated...https://bit.ly/2NuxplU
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