!! TEMPORARY VENUE - Priory Visitor Centre !!
** You DON'T need a ticket to attend or read. **
Recommended arrival time: 7.30PM or a bit earlier, especially to sign up for open mic. Gig starts 8PM.
Fire & Dust is a monthly poetry open mic event. All welcome - page poets, performance poets, slammers, rappers, spoken word artists, and anyone happy to listen to some poetry. Bring poems, bring friends, or just bring yourself along for a listen!
Open mic slots available. For a guaranteed slot: register for a ticket. Alternatively, request to sign up on the night. Slots are limited to 3 minutes (a few extended slots may be available on request.)
OPEN MIC SYSTEM: A few open mic tickets are available to reserve on Eventbrite; the other slots are for sign-up on the night. Priority given to poets who didn't get to read last month. If you read last month and want to read again, your name will go on reserve list for random draw to fill empty slots. Most poets WILL get to read, but sometimes the list is just too busy to fit everyone in!
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HEADLINE POETS: ROBYN ELIZABETH & RAYNA HARMONY
ROBYN ELIZABETH is in the early stages of her poetry journey, having attended Fire & Dust for just under 18 months and sharing her own work since the beginning of 2025. With a lifelong love of words, Robyn has previously written blogs and non-fiction stories, and more recently turned her focus to poetry as a way to explore personal and collective experience. In July, she took part in a poetry development project led by Apples and Snakes, where she learned from acclaimed poets including Coventry legend John Bernard, Bradley Taylor, Jasmine Gardosi and Miss Yankee. Robyn wrote and performed a 10-minute piece as part of the programme at the Belgrade Theatre's new Jaguar space. Her poetry often explores themes of grief and self-acceptance, and she is beginning to delve into feminist and political writing with honesty and curiosity.
RAYNA HARMONY takes us on a journey from childhood to parenthood in her poetry as she attempts to cultivate calm in the chaos. Unpacking grief, addiction and the beauty in it all. Rayna recently presented her piece ‘Home’ for Apples and Snakes as part of Playing Poetry and is looking forward to sharing this where it all began, at Fire & Dust.
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There will be a jar for donations on the night. Alternatively, you can donate online to help Fire & Dust gigs keep going:
https://ko-fi.com/fireanddustpoetry
Also check out other Arts events in Coventry, Literary Art events in Coventry, Theatre events in Coventry.
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