Ben FaganBen Fagan

Ben Fagan is the artistic director of Motif Poetry, a NZ poetry production company. He helps organise the Wellington, Hawke’s Bay and National slams, and has performed and produced poetry events across the US, UK and Aotearoa. Ben was born in 1991 in Wellington but moved to Hawke’s Bay as soon as he could walk.

Roses are red, violets are fucken blue: Poetry Slam is coming to a stage near you

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Slam poetry! It’s raw, it’s rough, and it’s also a wildly popular live entertainment, writes Ben Fagan, who is masterminding slam events across the country this month. One of my favourite poetry moments happened a few years ago. I was at a slam in Wellington. It was packed. Someone had just finished performing and there was a … Read more