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A collection of talented young writers, Spit the Atom are a London-based poetry collective formed through Words First, a Roundhouse and BBC Radio 1Xtra initiative. After coming together as strangers for a week of intense workshopping, the poets left as friends after intimately sharing their words. A week of tears, laughter, and inspiration from writing together birthed Spit the Atom and since then the collective have gone from strength to strength.

In the months following the workshop they curated Steal the Mic, their first poetry night at Rich Mix as part of the Rich Mix Youth Takeover Festival, and performed for Kojey Radical at Only Love at the Royal Festival Hall. Since then they’ve gone on to perform at UnFold @ Roundhouse for Lyrix Organix, Lovebox, the Roundhouse’s Last Word Festival, and have become Roundhouse Resident Artists. Now they run their own monthly poetry open mic night currently at Clapham Library and are establishing a strong platform that showcase what they’re about: a night of fun, laughs, writing and hard-hitting poetry.

Spit the Atom are poets committed to producing creative experiences that engage the heart, mind, soul, and cheek muscles, sometimes all at the same time.