Stephen M Patmore was unenviably born and brought up on the pitiful, violent streets of Walthamstow, East London. He started scribing at the age of 12 but recently put pen back to pad, after a 10 year pause, whilst cycling to his previously crud filled caretaker job on a scummy council estate in Watford. He composed his first piece of the decade, after almost being run over by “some c*** in a car” and this set the tone for the rest of his coming work.

No sooner had he re-entered the poetry and spoken word scene, Stephen was awarded a Bang Said the Gun Award at the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe so has clearly hit the page running.

PoetHairy, as he is affectionately known by his Rrranty peers, has received audible gasps prior to applause from audiences, with his dark subject matter. It not only reflects on personal experiences and life lessons but also his interest in various things like movies and comics. He has though, a particular intrigue for humans and human nature; the voices they find in their heads, the ways they choose to express inner anger and violence, the bad things they do, the things that make them uncomfortable and what they don't like to discuss.

Although some of his work touches on concepts that would be taboo (if they weren't so unspoken that they hadn't yet been labeled as such), he takes inspiration from everywhere and everything; love and hate.

“My life is boring as hell, innit...”

Stephen M Patmore, On the Back of the Fringe Return Bus, 29 August 2011