Gerard McKeown (born 1980) is a writer from Ballymena, Northern Ireland. A graduate of Cumbria Institute of the Arts, he is best known for his performance poetry, which draws as much from disciplines such as stand up comedy and bardic story telling as it does poetry. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ... Cumbria Institute of the Arts is a further and higher education institution in Carlisle, the United Kingdom. ... Performance poetry is poetry that is specifically composed for or during performance before an audience. ... Richard Pryor hits the money line A stand-up comedian or stand-up comic is someone that performs in comedy clubs, usually reciting a fast paced succession of amusing stories, short jokes and one-liners, typically called a monologue. ... The Bard (ca. ... The Chinese poem Quatrain on Heavenly Mountain by Emperor Gaozong (Song Dynasty) Poetry (from the Greek , poiesis, making or creating) is a form of art in which language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its ostensible meaning. ...

He has performed as a support act for other writers such as Stewart Home and John Cooper Clarke. Stewart Home (born 1962) is a British fiction writer, subcultural pamphleteer, underground art historian, and activist. ... John Cooper Clarke (born January 25, 1949) is a performance poet from Salford, Lancashire, England, affectionately known as the Bard of Salford. ...

He is the current holder of the Belfast Performance Poetry Cup.[1] WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Performance poetry is poetry that is specifically composed for or during performance before an audience. ... ...

External links

• Official website