performance poetry – Rowan McCabe

The Door-to-Door Poet (Eye Books) published September 2025!

I’m very excited and a little overwhelmed to say that my new book ‘The Door-to-Door Poet’ will be published by Eye Books next month! It tells the story of my adventures across England, as I knocked on stranger’s doors and offered to write poems for them. Each chapter ends with one of the poems IContinue reading “The Door-to-Door Poet (Eye Books) published September 2025!”

Door-to-Door Poetry 2: Landing the Plane

Hi there, Since the project took on a bit of a life of its own, this post has now moved to the official Door-to-Door Poetry website: https://doortodoorpoetry.com/2015/11/29/landing-the-plane/

Door-to-Door Poetry: A New Frontier of Daftness

Hi there, Since the project took on a bit of a life of its own, this post has now moved to the official Door-to-Door Poetry website: https://doortodoorpoetry.com/2015/11/29/a-new-frontier-of-daftness/

The Fuzzy Line Between Acting and Lying

I was doing a workshop with performance poet, novelist and general legend of a man Polarbear a few weeks ago and he asked us all a question: “Is there a difference between acting and lying?” It’s not the first time I’ve wondered, but the fact that I’ve been writing the script for North East Rising recentlyContinue reading “The Fuzzy Line Between Acting and Lying”