We LOVE a little poetry after supper!

poetry feature

Get yourself a free drink with some poetry!

We all love a bit of poetry don’t we. In fact, we’re having a bit of a rhyming renaissance here at QX at the moment. There’s a piece on poetry in our latest issue, about gay libertine poet Arthur Rimbaud. Apparently he was “the Justin Bieber of 1890s Paris.” But that’s another thinkpiece for another time.

Now, we’re talking about the contemporary stuff. Or more specifically, stuff written by YOU! Don’t look at us like that! You can do it! You know, you actually encounter it every day – poets aren’t just your Carol Ann Duffys and your Seamus Heaneys. They’re musicians too. Dua Lipa is a poet. Charli XCX is a poet. Meghan Trainor is not a poet. She’s shite.

But yes, if you feel up for writing it yourself, you can get yourself a free coffee or tea out of it. And in 2017, as millenials living in London, a free coffee or tea is not to be sneezed at. It’s World Poetry Day today, and their campaign Pay With A Poem, in partnership with Viennese coffee rosters Julius Meinl, allows people to pay for their tea or coffee with a poem!

For more info, have a watch of their video here:

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