NEW IN 2025: EXHIBITION AT THE AVENT GALLERY, SOUTH LONDON. MORE SOON
WAS PERFORMED LIVE AT THE ARTWORKERS' GUILD: as part of the Bloomsbury festival
Artists & Poets included Luke Kennard, L Kiew, Richard Price, Helen Bowell, Fiona Larkin, Michelle Penn, Nic Stringer, Astra Papachristodoulou, Diane Frost & Fractured Strings
Nic Stringer
Michelle Penn
Michelle Penn
Nic's first collection A day that you happen to know was highly commended in the Forward Prizes 2018. Hemispheres is now available from Guillemot Press, Persephone from Steel Incisors
Michelle Penn
Michelle Penn
Michelle Penn
Michelle's debut pamphlet, Self-portrait as a diviner, failing, won the 2018 Paper Swans Prize. Her work has appeared in The Rialto, Magma, Butcher’s Dog, B O D Y and other journals. michellepennwriter.com
Fiona Larkin
Michelle Penn
Fiona Larkin
Fiona’s debut pamphlet, A Dovetail of Breath, was published by Rack Press in 2020. Her second Vital Capacity was published by Broken Sleep Books in 2022. fionalarkinpoetry.wordpress.com
who we are
Corrupted Poetry is a state of mind. We create readings and collaborations that bring together the very best writers of contemporary poetry and present their work alongside art and sound content to provoke debate about the poem's visual & sonic spaces. 'The most thoughtful poetry event' Chrissy Williams
image detail from Every day the world gets fuller © Nic Stringer
EXHIBITIONS
'a joyful evening' 'just wow' 'I love Corrupted!' 'remarkable poetry and art'
Temporary Spaces exhibited at the Poetry Society's Café in January and February 2020. The exhibition catalogue, edited by Nic Stringer & Astra Papachristodoulou is available from Pamenar Press https://www.pamenarpress.com/books
I KNOW THAT IS POETRY
Emily Dickinson names the first online series from Corrupted Poetry where writers and artists speak about how they know THAT is poetry. Guests include Kathryn Maris, Rishi Dastidar, Caleb Parkin, Jennifer Militello and many other poets, publishers and artists. Part poetry, part hypnosis
image: I am the one who carries the message No.2 © Nic Stringer
FAKE AT THE OCTOBER GALLERY
Sadly we had to postpone events in our 2020 and 2021 seasons but you can still get a copy of the limited edition pamphlet for FAKE by emailing your postal address to corruptedpoet@gmail.com FAKE features writing from Will Harris, Amy Key, Luke Kennard & Phoebe Stuckes as well as visual work by Paul Hawkins, James Knight, Caroline Harris & Stephen Emmerson. If you'd like to donate towards our costs the suggested donation is £4 to include postage. We are not-for-profit and unfunded for our work
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