Maxine Meixner 🍒

You deserve hope! 🫵 You deserve hope! 👈 Everybody deserves hope! 👆👉👇🙆🏻‍♀️ In a world that is leaning towards individualism and apathy, hope is resistance. Hope for big things, small things, all of it. Hope for me and you and you and you. For loved ones and acquaintances and strangers too. Performed this at @onenightslam to the most wonderful audience - thank you so much for the space. (Again, one day my hands will do normal things when I’m performing… today wasn’t that day though 🥲) #poem #poetry #spokenword #explore

@maxinemeixnerx stunned us all at the first Piece of Work with her wonderful set. Here’s one of Maxine’s poems reflecting on friendship and what happens once you drift apart. The next Piece of Work is now only three weeks away - March 26th, 6 PM. Featuring @casey_bailey and a very special guest. Tickets are 50% gone - head to the link in our bio to grab yours now. 🎥 @cratepoetry @thepaulstringer #poetry #spokenword #friendship #liveperformance #poem

Did you hear about this huge win for women?? 🫨🚀 11 minutes looks very different in space and on earth. A poem won’t solve it, but it does help to process and take stock. Was a delight to perform this piece alongside such an effortlessly cool band. 📍 @spitnights x @grooveverse 🎥 @tyronelewis22 (One day I’ll learn what do to with my arms and hands on stage and not occasionally channel a T-Rex but today was not that day! 🦖)

Rage can be a powerful and necessary emotion. This is about a dress, and a whole lot more. Thank you @sambrownex for having me at your London show a few weeks back, it was a gorgeous night. Completely fumbled and missed my fave few lines of this poem but that’s the thrill of live performance! #poem #spokenword #poetry #women #explore

“what is a prayer, but a wish for all humanity” 💕 catch @maxinemeixnerx performing at our first ever brighton show, on saturday 30th may… 📍 @tomvenue brighton 🎟️ tickets available via the link in our bio next nights: 🎸 14/05 | poets v singers ft @louisthehippie 🎷 30/05 | Brighton 🎤 05/06 | spitnights x CALM 🎥 @tyronelewiscreative #poetry #spokenword #hope #humanity

full line up announcement 🎷 we are going bigggg for our first show in brighton: 🎤 @maxinemeixnerx 🎤 @graygraytaylor 🎤 @themyndstate 🎤 @doella_music 🎤 @blackscorebars + guests & wildcard 🎤 hosted by @tedtemple_ accompanied by a four piece jazz band 🎷🎹🥁🎸 🎟️ tickets on final release @spitnights link in bio 🗓️ saturday 30th may 🕒 7pm doors, 7:45pm show starts 📍 @tomvenue BN3 1AS 💙 @brightonfringe #brighton #spitnights #poetry #livemusic #spokenword

“isn’t it crazy how the insides of your lungs look like the branches of a tree…” take a moment to marvel at yourself amidst all the noise, with this beautiful poem by @maxinemeixnerx and catch maxine performing at our brighton show 30/05 🌊 🎹 @chrisblandicus 🥁 @joeluckin1 🎷@_annachai 🎸@don_glori_aka_gordon next nights: 🎤 01/05 | pure poetry 🎸 14/05 | poets v singers 🎷 30/05 | Brighton #poetry #spokenword #poetrygram #jazz

Bradley Taylor + Friends is heading to Moseley Folk & Arts Festival! Presented by my good friends @theheathbookshop , I’ll be joined by the superb @aliyahbegumm , wonderful @maxinemeixnerx & maestro @zakariyyee as we head to @moseleyfolkfestival this September for their 20th Anniversary, in one of the most unique festival settings in the UK. Set in stunning 11-acre woods, with sloping grounds and a lake backdrop, Moseley Folk & Arts Festival is one of the UK’s hidden gems. Tickets on sale now, head to moseleyfolk.co.uk Bradley Taylor is an award-winning poet born and based in Birmingham. Described by Craig Charles as ‘a brand new voice and a fresh perspective on the art of poetry & performance’, Bradley has performed at the Hay Festival, Cheltenham Literature Festival, Latitude Festival, on boats & in train stations. In 2024 he released his debut collection You Missed The Best Part and in 2025 his performance was nominated for the Sky Arts Award for poetry. In 2026 he opened for band Big Special on their UK & IE tour and was also commissioned to write a poem for Steven Knight, creator of the Peaky Blinders. Aliyah Begum is a poet and writer from Birmingham who has appeared at COP26, Verve Poetry Festival, and on BBC Bitesize. In 2022, she was a Young Critic for the T.S. Eliot Prize in partnership with the Poetry Society, and her writing has appeared in publications such as ‘And Other Poems’ and ‘Poetry London’. She recently took part in BBC Write Across, a development scheme for emerging screenwriters. From 2018-2020, she was Birmingham’s Young Poet Laureate. Maxine Meixner is a spoken word poet and writer based in London. Her poetry taps into the vulnerability, beauty and truth of the human experience. She has appeared at spit nights, Poet’s Palace, Storytime, Piece of Work, Lost Village Festival and was the winner of One Night Slam in November 2025. Her viral poem “I Hope You Make It” has more than 15 million views collectively and has been shared by the likes of actor Patsy Palmer, drag icon Brooklyn Heights, and the legendary Viola Davis. 📸 @whammoth - @izzyoffer - @nk.photo.graphy - @thepaulstringer

On #worldpoetryday we’re looking back at this brilliant performance from the one and only @maxinemeixnerx ❤️ Just 5 days to go until Piece of Work is back. Head to the link in our bio to secure your tickets! 🎥 @cratepoetry @thepaulstringer #poetry #spokenword #liveperformance #poem

HAPPY WORLD POETRY DAY (and the start of spring for everyone in the northern hemisphere!!) 🌹💐🌺🌷🌼🪻 Here’s a little trainride scribble. I love poetry. I love spring. I love feeling human again. ❤️ #poem #poetry #worldpoetryday #spring

To have kids or not to have kids: some thoughts on this as I enter the season of life where people close to me are having babies on purpose (when did we grow up!!) and the world is telling me I should be very worried about my fertility as I age, but I still feel like I’m not ready yet - and don’t know if I ever will be, which feels a bit taboo to say. (You could also consider this a mild crash out in poetry form) #poem #poetry #explore #spokenword

wahey I’m off to Brighton at the end of May to perform some poems with the lovely @spitnights - look how excited I am. I’m so excited. You should be too. Come along for a good time and bring your mates 🌊❤️ 🗓️ 30th May 🕒 show starts 8pm 🎟️ tickets in bio 📍 @tomvenue 📸 @dannymash_ doing his best x