I emailed George through his website www.goergewatsky.com out of the blue to ask him to perform in Second Life. After a few emails back and forth discussing the platform and arranging dates, he came in and performed at Hemingways (venue no longer exists unfortunately).

As I was revisiting some of my older Second Life machinima earlier, I cam across videos of a couple of the poems George performed and thought here would be a good place to share. Enjoy the very talented George Watsky.

There are loads of poetry venues in world, but recently I came across a relatively new one. The Lyrical Cafe is owned by Kamille Kamala and hosts open mic events at 4pm every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. If you do get the chance, you should go along. Kamille is also an amazingly talented poet. Her poem Untitled made me “wow,” out loud. She’s a fantastic writer and a great reader.

What makes this venue so special for me is that it tends to be dominated by slam style artists. I had never come across many of the people there before and the laid back atmosphere of the venue is encouraging to those who have perhaps been unsure of reading aloud before. The location is chilled out and the people who go there are always particularly welcoming to new faces.

There will also be regular slam poetry contests held here, which is something I have yet to see any other venue do. Awesome stuff!

You can find the Lyrical Cafe at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Peaceful%20Dreams/30/152/25 and I very much recommend a visit.