Satellite of Love Poetry and Spoken Word run monthly events, workshops and writing retreats. Our monthly events at the John Sebastian Lightship offer a platform for local and touring poets, open mic and a community poem.

All languages welcome.

Open mic sign ups are currently open. Please email [email protected] to get your name on the list.

We will have 10 'on the door' open mic slots available on the night from 7pm. Will you be drawn from the Raffle-ite of Love?

Doors & Bar open - 7pm
Night starts - 7:30pm
Night ends - 10pm

The John Sebastian Lightship, Cabot Cruising Club, Bathurst Basin, Redcliffe, Bristol BS1 6SG

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Lily Redwood lives off-grid in South Wales with her husband and 2 children. She writes about the everyday extraordinary from the political to the poetical. Lily combines spoken word with tender verse, which comes alive through her live performance. She has recently been Cheltenham Poetry Festival Slam Finalist and the Bristol Milk Poetry Slam winner.
Most of her poems are written on the notes app hiding in the toilet from her 2 children, or scribbled on the back of a shopping list, whilst burning the dinner.
Lily's debut pamphlet, You Make Me Think of Swifts, is an unflinching and raw voice for motherhood, it is out now with The Collective Press.
Lily's work has been described described as: "visceral, loving and brave".
You can find lily online - @lilyredwoodpoet

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Jay is a straight edge poet who writes on neurodivergence, gender, and the love of hardcore punk; doing so like he's authoring an early 2000s emo LiveJournal post. Since starting to perform in the spoken word scene a year ago, he has competed in UniSlam and Lyra Fest; and frequently haunts poetry events across Bath and Bristol.

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