Poetry

Stuart Mckenzie’s poems have appeared in various magazines including  AnOther Magazine, Plu Magazine, Envoi, Southbank Poetry, The Interpretors House,The Delinquent and Urthona. He is featured in  ‘Sounds of the Front Bell’ anthology by ‘The Group’ featuring poets from John Stammers writing group and was the featured poet in Magma 63 ‘The Conversation Issue’. He is one of three poets featured in the Laudanum Chapbook Anthology series Volume 1.

Sounds of the Front Bell

Readings and Publication History

2025

Performance Revue #1

Readings by Stuart McKenzie, Briony Hellon Hughes, Charlotte Geater, Tusshara Nalakumar Srilatha, Viv Kemp, Evie Ward.

2024

October

The Endeavour  – Trash Night  Flesh Tetras, Dirty Viv, The 53, Guru Honey Badger, Blank Milk, Stuart McKenzie

September

Biddle Bros – Trash Night  Dirty Viv, Simon Bromide, Blank Milk, Stuart McKenzie

August

Vout O Renees – I Am a Doll /  Blank Milk, Stuart McKenzie

July

‘Reject All’   – Stuart McKenzie, Cliche Toupé, Alice Band, Reject All / Galerina DJ’s

 

 

 

2023

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2 poems in Midsummer Madness

2022

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Ambit 246 Launch

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Disease Anthology launch, Kingston University

2020

All Saints Sessions 6 Feb 2020 ‘Swamp Bone’.

Alastair Gavin (electric piano, electronics) and Cheryl Moskowitz (poet) perform the song Swamp Bone by their 2nd Feb 2020 special guest Stuart McKenzie with the poems On Seeing a Doe in the Prairie by the Bridge & Impossible Beauty by Cheryl.

2019

August

Gil de Ray album Launch w/ Vagrant Lovers, Welfare, the Social London

The Social, Little Portland Street

Transition Gallery Summer Zine Fair, Hackney, London

March

Arachne Press, Solstice Shorts Festival, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, Greenwich, London

2018

October

An Account of Frederick McKenzie Playing Johnny Cash Covers at Strangeways Prison, Manchester, 1973.
Saturday 6th October, 4-6pm
Tenderbooks
6 Cecil Court
London, WC2N 4HE

April

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Cold Lips feature –  Deo-Drawings , poetry and much much more…………….

https://coldlips.bigcartel.com/product/cold-lips-04

2017

November

‘No Money’

All Hallows Church Se1

October

Torriano Meeting House

September

Talking Rhythm, Greenwhch

June

‘Umwelt Mode’ Basel, Switzerland

‘Tubthunmping’

StokeNewington Literary Festival

April

Kirsty Allison’s Sylvia Plaths Fan Club is Dead,

2016

November

‘Along Shaftesbury Avenue’ featured in ManAboutTown

September

Laudanum Chapbook Anthology Volume 1 Launch

2015

November

Magma 63 ‘The Conversation Issue’ Launch

London Review Bookshop

May

Magma 61 London Review Bookshop

Plu Magazine Launch Verge Bar Brick Lane

Plu Magazine Launch Poetry Cafe

March

Jill Abrams‘ Mad March Shuffle, Poetry Cafe

2014

November

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Six poems selected for the Document Section of AnOther Magazine

curated  by Connor Donlon

The Group ‘Sounds of the Front Bell Launch

Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery London

April

Roisin Tierneys’ Shuffle Poetry Cafe

January

Chris Beckett Valerie Josephs Shuffle Poetry Cafe

2013

October

Interpretors House Albion Beatnik Bookstore Oxford

Talking Rhythm Greenwhich

Richard Strange Cabaret Futura The Paradise London

July

Magma 56 The Troubadour Earls Court

May Domestic Cherry Launch Swindon

February

Richard Strange Cabaret Futura The Paradise London

2012

January Lisa Kelly Hosts Torriano Meeting House Kentish Town

2009

September Icon-i-coustic: The Raincoats National Porttrait Gallery

Selected as a Gay Icon by The Raincoats along with No Bra and Anat Ben David

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/sep/28/raincoats-review