Happy Verse Day from Illicit Ink brought together some of literary Edinburgh's big performance poetry guns, firing words of joy, wonder, lust and sarcasm into the audience at Pulp Fiction.

Compered/ herded/ mocked by the wonderfully waistcoated wordsmith Matt Macdonald, was this stellar line-up:

Sophia Walker
Sean Martin
Amber Kennedy
Morag Edward
Mairi Campbell-Jack
Elspeth Murray
Alec Beattie
Rachel McCrum
Emily Dodd
Alison Summers
Andrew J Wilson
Andrew C Ferguson
Tracey Rosenberg
Kath McMahon

The event was so good, it actually made more than one person cry. I have never enjoyed a poetry gig so much in my life. And it just so happens that I lost my performance verse virginity at this one. Thanks, guys.