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"Marcus Keeley, an angry Irish guy, did some brilliant poems about hating people, including one about couples sitting next to him on planes, being forced to "eat porridge made with tears of anguish". He is recklessly cynical and disgusted with humans, dry and bitter as an empty pint glass, letting us indulge in his fantasies of satisfyingly unusual violence" - Concrete Issue 220

"Marcus Keeley, a young deadpan Irishman shone with his bitter smoker jokes" - Concrete Issue 219

"- Marcus Keeley A new UEA student from Northern Ireland thats often found slightly inebriated hogging the mic at the Creative Writing Society meetings. A very talented, intellectual and witty man. He is instantly likeable and his performances are never the same twice. Marcus is a poet/comedian/performer/drunk. " - Soapbox

"Charming, deviant and irrepressible with his unique mixture of comedy and poetry." - Soapbox

"The wine-fuelled Marcus Keeley stormed the stage with his slippery combination of comedy and poetry, breaking down the oft-perceived dryness of spoken word with a refreshingly relaxed tone." - Maddog Magazine, Issue 4, Nov 08

In reality however, I'm just a fairly cantankerous self-regarding poet and occasional attempted funnyman. The currencies I deal in is poems, rants, monologues, elusive prose and the fabled short play I have rattling around in my brain and hard drive.

Other pleasures include performance poetry and getting off on seeing my name in print. I have been published in Speech Therapy and Concrete. I have been featured on Bad Marmalade, BelfastPoets.com, Poetcasting.co.uk and SecretAttic.com.

I like to annoy people by turning up to open mic nights, such as Make Yourself Heard and Bookfinders, both based in Belfast.

Check out my thoughts and musings at www.marcuskeeley.blogspot.com

I also have an upcoming debut poetry chapbook, "Love Is An Excuse"; a semi-autobiographical collection of unseen and unconsidered perspectives of love, lust, intimacy and how they go hand in hand with violence and disappointment.

www.myspace.com/marcuskeeley