Nightswimming
after R.E.M.
by Ben Norris
I ran to the bay
hard and long-spined
like someone was watching
a keen blade
through the beetroot streets
of a new place
hit the rails a... Read More...
In 2013 Ben Norris became the UK All-Star Poetry Slam Champion and has since performed his spoken-word across the country, from Latitude Festival to the Royal Albert Hall, completing commissions for the Southbank Centre and IdeasTap and appearing several times on BBC Radio 3. His debut poetry pamphlet was published by Nasty Little Press in 2014 and last year his debut one-man show, ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Family’, won the IdeasTap Underbelly Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and is touring the UK in autumn 2016.
He trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, before which he studied English with Creative Writing at the University of Birmingham.
