VERSE - An evening of LGBTQ+ poetry

Welcome to Liverpool's finest LGBTQ+ poetry night. 3 headliners, 10 open mic sets. The best & newest poetry from the local LGBTQ+ community.

🌈 Whether you prefer to command the stage, sit back and enjoy, or you’re somewhere in-between, Every Voice invites you to VERSE: an evening of the finest and newest local LGBTQ+ poetry.

3 headliners. 10 open mic slots.

Tickets start at just £4.50 and all profits go towards venue hire fees and paying our amazing headliners, who are...

ACE (he/him)

ACE is a lil poet from manchester, he runs noSHAMEmoreLOVE events and writing collective, sex affects our relationship to many things, and many things affect our relationship to sex, noSHAMEmoreLOVE love is a place to write and share your deepest, filthiest, most tender feelings and experiences without filter.

Frankie Reed (they/them)

Frankie Reed is a Liverpool-based non-binary, self-taught artist and poet. Their work traces the body as something unstable — growing, consuming, and becoming. Using oil pastel and comedically honest spoken word, they explore where flesh, identity, and nature begin to blur. They run Flesh and Parchment, a zine and platform for emerging creatives.

Amy L. King (she/her)

Amy L. King is a Manchester based poet and writer. She is a Slam of the North and Say Owt slam champion, and was winner of the inaugural Derby Poetry Festival Prize in 2023. Her work can be found in Magma, fourteen Poems, Under the Radar, Dust poetry, DIVA magazine and elsewhere.

To sign up for the open mic, get in touch via DM @everyvoicecic or email lucy@everyvoice.co.uk!

VERSE was founded by Every Voice CIC, a lived experience-led community organisation working within North West England promote good mental wellbeing and social connection within marginalised groups using free creative writing opportunities, events and workshops.

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