BONUS EPISODE TO KEEP THE SPONSORS HAPPY

TRIGGER WARNING : BODY DYSMORPHIA

Nols Nathankski makes an episode about his recent performance of a cento to his queer hero Quentin Crisp at Hackney Wick Life Drawing.

The episode begins with a recording of the poem being improvised the night before the performance, using only Quentin Crisp quotes as a reference.

Nols talks to his own body dysmorphia and disordered eating, as well as how he has found healing self love and redemption in being a Queerdo at London spoken word nights.

Nols performs two first draft poems from his chapbook and treats listeners to a a couple of poetry prompts. As ever send us your poetic responses to be read on the show!

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Heavy themes of self hatred, listener discretion advised.

This was meant to only be on the patreon but nobody has signed up yet!

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Nols sits down with Ollie a Poet and Spoken Word artist from East London to talk about the state of the nation, break ups, giving up gardening to make poetry, what queerness means, why everything is fucked and how to make political poems that make people chuckle.

Trigger warning for suicide, substance misuse, british dread.

Ollie's instagram is @olliewordsoneggsontoast

OPEN MIC SPOTLIGHT: TESTING GROUND

@nolsnathankski makes poems with John Nordon an educator and poet from East London. His writing covers the weird and wonderful of the world through many angles. He is a co-founder and co-host of Testing Ground, an open mic based performance evening which takes place on the first Wednesday of each month @wearebardbooks

Nols and John talk about the rising stars of open mic and how open mic makes the world a better place.

SHOUT OUT

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@FXTM

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Bună Ziua!

Nols is joined by Thea, a resident artist at the Roundhouse for 2025, a silly messy artist and the humblest slam poet on the scene. Thea is currently working on a bilingual show called:

IF I WERE TO SAY IT IN ENGLISH

Thea's instagram is @that1thea - FOLLOW NOW

Nols and Thea make poems to the following prompts

Things that hang - 3 mins

Write your horoscope for last year - 3 mins

Tell your father how you are winning - 3 mins

Thea recommends the following poets!

Bogdan Pălici @bogdanpalici

Olga Ștefan @olga.stefan.kantor

Tyrone Lewis @tyronelewis

Cătălin Iovu @iamthepartyinsideyourhead

Kayla Feldman @kaylamtf

Răzvan Omotă @razvan.omota

Bradley Taylor @bradleytaylorpoet

Eva Luca @cerneala.inalta

Bella Cox @Bellacoxpoet

Anastasia Gavrilovici @anastasiagavrilovici

Lola Theresa @theresa_lola

Festival: Transylvania Spoken Word Festival @transylvaniaspokenword

Catch Thea at open mics around London

Team Thea T-Shirts available soon

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ELIZA FIVER is a poet and spoken word artist from North London that survived art school to write poems as she speaks to rooms full of people.

Nols and Eliza make some automatic poems, get very off track and put the London spoken word scene to rights.

Eliza's first poetry showcase is at TRADE STARS in Islington on the 14th August 2025.

Give Eliza a follow @elizafiver on instagram

Sign up to the patreon.com/makepoetryweirdgain to access the bonus episode where we read Eliza's tarot.

SPOTLIGHT EPISODE: Sweet Sundays at the Bath House Hackney Wick

Following long drawn out negotiations Nols Nathankski's sponsors have allowed them to continue hosting the show.

No poets have agreed to appear however so instead Nols discusses a re-entry to the London Open Mic Scene in March 2025 and the beginnings of an open mic addiction.

SAVE THE BATH HOUSE — The Bath House

Trigger warning - Queer Tragedy

This is the pilot episode of MAKE POETRY WEIRD AGAIN- to make sure our sponsors know I didn't spend their money on personal demons and got the equipment.

Beginnings always hurt.

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