Chloe Poems

Chloe Poems is one of the most radical forces in performance poetry and the fact that she subverts the traditional drag images while performing the likes of "The Queen Sucks Nazi Cock" and "Are We Myra Hindley?" only heightens the sense of the politic. Chloe prefers to see herself as Moulin Rouge to political comedian Mark Thomas' Red Wedge and for those of you who have seen her you'll know exactly what she means. And for those of you who haven't, it certainly grabbed your attention.

Coming out in Liverpool Chloe was surrounded by a bohemian scene which brought together people from different backgrounds to watch the likes of Echo & The Bunnymen and The Teardrop Explodes - now she just looks around in disgust at the idiotic ghettoized troop of robots. This troop of robot is the gay scene which sometimes as an oppressed minority can hide behind their own fascism.

It's this radical stance which has seen her physically attacked and called a terrorist after performing the aformentioned "The Queen Sucks Nazi Cock" at the Manchester Mardi Gras. I think we can pretty much safely say she hasn't changed her style to writing about Fluffy Bunny's with a book "Adult Entertainment" which is a hard-core as ever.