Barley The Poet... & &

Hello! ... My Name Is Barley and I'm an Award-Winning, Published and Radio-Broadcast Comedy, Monster, Surreal, Fantasy & Comically Melodramatic Gothic Poet - and Verse-Fabulist! As 'Merlynda The Monster Poet' (www.MerlyndaTheMonsterPoet.co.uk) I recite Selections of my Original Poems at: Poetry & Literary Festivals, Street Festivals and Fairs - for a variety of ages (I have 2 programmes of Comedy Poems suitable for either late-Teens and Adults, or for younger children/family audiences). My Poetry Programmes Include: Original Comedy, Satire, Monster, Surreal, Fantasy & Gothic Poems, Darkly Comical, Humorous, Wry Satirical Verse-Fables, Dramatic and Lyric Ghost Poems, Narrative Poems and Black-Comedy Nonsense Poems - with a little Ventriloquism thrown in! I'm a multi Award-Winning Comedy, Satire, Surreal and Gothic Poet: WINNER of The Golden Grove Poetry Award, WINNER of The Leaf Bookjacket Competition, 2nd PRIZE AWARD-WINNER of The Poetry In Mind Poetry Award, FINALIST of The Serendipity Poetry Award. My Poems are much-Published (in over 24 Anthologies to date) and frequently Broadcast on Commercial and Hospital Radio. One of my Epic Humorous 'Verse-Fables' is currently available as a Published Poetry Chapbook. I'm a published/performed Comedy Monologuist & Comedy Speechwriter for Actors, an LLAM of LAMDA (Speech & Acting)- a Full EQUITY Member, Fully CRB-Checked, Member of The British Fantasy Society, The Society for Storytelling and Founder of The Poetry Box and Founder of The Ventriloquist Club of Great Britain - For Further Details go to 'ABOUT ME' - or ...