Folks! Sweet Sisters and bros too: I need your help: I am invited to read my stuff in

[tectak]

public.

and I am scared shitless. You'd never have thought, right?
But I must do that. I can't let that chance pass by.



Has anyone experience with reading his/her poetry in public?

the reading is on Friday. haha: and I have , so tells me my fellow poet Ofterdingen, 10 full minutes!
I know what I am going to read.

But what if they think it is bs. ;-) dammit.

I ll read a fun love poem first
then pose (tempelmusik)
and or: Maeterlinck revisited

and Ecke Schiller.

blech ;-)

I hope you will go for it, bebe. Even Bukowski took a puke bucket on
stage with him which he used twice during one recital...could have been the booze. He doesn't look like the nervous type. My best to you love.
Heart

I have, serge. Here's a tip. You have to make sure your audience is uncomfortable before you start. Stand on the podium and look staringly at the poor receptive bastards...wait for it....say nothing...stare around some more...but with confidence. Soon, they will start to get shifty....uncomfortable FOR you....but you are perfectly at ease...you are in charge. As soon as someone in the audience mutters concern, LAUNCH INTO YOUR PIECE as if reprimanding the mutterer for daring to speak. It NEVER fails. After that, they will be putty in your hands...though they may be slow to applaud. If you have another poem handy, start reading it on the VERY FIRST hand-clap.
Or don't do it.
Best,
tectak
PS Here's another tip. Read it twice as slowly as you think you should because it will come out twice as fast as you think you are reading it!