Ted attended Aberystwyth University where he gained a degree in English Literature, and acquired a love for poetry which ultimately led to him writing his own. Although he hasn’t been writing long, he has already built up a strong reputation as a performance poet and intends to begin work on his first written collection later this year. When not being a poet he works as an English teacher in sunny Herefordshire.
You’ve been involved in the ‘open mic/slam’ poetry scene for several years – what does this involve?
Slamming is a competitive arena where poets read their work and have some fun with it. Each poet has an allotted time slot, usually around three minutes, in which you read as much of your work as you please. You are then graded by an anonymous team of judges on Quality of Work, Warmth of Audience Response and Quality of Delivery. It’s rapid, rambunctious and, dare I say it, often quite risqué!
