Robert Herbert McCLEAN
NO APOCALYPSE
POETRY SLAM

_{I arrived at SMOCK ALLEY THEATRE, an awesome venue, to perform in some way at Phonica, upon invitation from the awesome poet, Christodoulos MAKRIS. Christodoulos said it would be cool to bring some video art poem things I was working on, we would screen them and I’d read some poems—probably from PANGS!—and two poems I’d published with THE WHITE REVIEW, which I’m still tremendously fond of. PHONICA was even advertised on the national RTE radio arts show, Arena, with me reading a promo from PANGS! Everything went fine at soundcheck but the hdmi cable or connection was dubious (if not faulty) as it ran from (or to) my cheap laptop, and the AV guy at the desk, I sensed he was for having had enough of my anxiety, so I asked him to forget about the video projection, and I simply read some poems, straight, instead. Over the years I’ve continued to work on these videos, and others, mostly for my own understanding and amusement, but this selection here is now part of a larger installation piece, unfinished as yet, but nonetheless, it’s a work in progress, entitled, NO APOCALYPSE POETRY SLAM, containing also an assemblage of paintings and collages. I think it’s poetry. Enjoy. Please and thank you anyone.}