Last week I collaborated with Nora Nadjarian at the European Poetry Festival – directed by SJ Fowler, who pioneers the Camarade model that I love: pairs of poets who have often not worked together before create a new performance with no criteria other than a time limit. It was a fantastic evening! (Photo credit: SJ Fowler)
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Brussels Camarade 7 June 2025
12 solo readings, 5 brand-new collaborations, curated by me and Tracey Martin at the gorgeous Quaker House! What an amazing afternoon of poetry — here are the poets, the performances you can find on the Events page. left to right: Laura Davis, Martin Wakefield, Thérèse Mac an Airchinnigh, Tracey Martin, Eleonora Balsano, Clare Wigzell, Paul Stephenson, Julia Rose Lewis, Monica Espinoza, Mimi Kunz, Nathaniel Cairney, Emma Woodford.
Read More2nd Brussels international poetry Camarade – 7 June 2025
10 poets, 5 brand-new collaborations — join us!
Read MoreLight Hungry : vernissage and readings 23 Nov
Light Hungry, an exhibition of visual poetry by me, Sylee Gore and Jules Sprake, opens Saturday 23 November 2024 at The Green Door Gallery, Brussels, with readings from the three of us. All welcome!
Read MoreAriadne’s Thread – Rich Mix, March 2024
I was very excited to perform this poem – with woven bull’s head – at the London launch of SJ Fowler’s Parts of the Body that Stink. The poem plays on smell and memory. You can see the video here
Read MoreOpen Call : Poetry Apéro “Paperwork” 9 Oct 2023
Poetry Apéro “Paperwork” Monday, 9 October 2023 19.00-20.00 Green Door Gallery Brussels Poets are invited to respond to one or more of the works in the Paperwork exhibition at the Green Door gallery, Brussels (opening Sunday, 1 October) and to read/perform their work on Monday, 9 October. Please let us know (for programming purposes) if you would like to read/perform by lunchtime on 9 October at lauradavispoems@gmail.com . Readings should be max 5 minutes long […]
Read Morepopogrou collective Poem Brut at Hundred Years
popogrou collective: Bright, Cosgrove, Davis, Holland, Sprake, Wakefield at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton E2 on 2 July 2023
Read MoreEchternach women – collaboration with Lotte Dodion
The European Poetry Festival, run by SJ Fowler, was amazing again this year, and for celebration of Flemish poetry I had the opportunity to collaborate with the wonderful Lotte Dodion. Our performance was a set of haikus we wrote for the event and including work by Marta Chociłowska, Dama Sono-jo, Mahmoud Darwish, Mayazumi Madoka, Hashimoto Takako, Sugita Hisajo, and Suszuki Masajo. (Thank you Asia George and Fatima Ayub!)
Read MorePoetry Apéro at the Green Door Gallery
A huge thank you to Helen at the lovely The Green Door Gallery for hosting our Poetry Apéro last night — and to all those who came. What a wonderful evening! Readings from Sylee Gore, Paul Stephenson and Ben Ray — and a debut of Stille Post, a collaboration between me and Sylee, and the Mimosa Goddess Rise, a three-way collaboration between me, Sylee and Paul.
Read MorePoetry Apéro 27 March
Join me, Sylee Gore (Berlin) and Paul Stephenson (Brussels) for a performance of contemporary European poetry 27 March 2023 19.00-20.00 At The Green Door Gallery – free entry but please register here
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