Up Coming Events / Poetry Readings / Videos

EVENTS: Spring - Summer 2020

January 31 - Poetry & stories from the Punjabi Women’s Writing Group, Wolverhampton, featuring Kuli Kohli. Prepare to be moved by the beautiful imagery and heart-breaking narratives of these feisty women. Tickets £3 at the Art Gallery.

Kuli has been commissioned to write a poem for the Overhear project. You can collect her poem using the overhear app when you visit Zuri Coffee in Wolverhampton. For more information visit: https://www.overhearpoetry.com/

July 5 & 6 Poets, Prattlers and Pandemonialists are running the penultimate event in their ‘Stay Up Your Own End’ project commissioned by Creative Black Country. For this one, people are invited to write a poem about Stourbridge, and email it to poetsprattlerspandemonialists@gmail.com by midday on Sunday 5th July for the chance to win a £25 prize. All poems will be posted in the Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1293834050753852/ on Monday 6th July at 7.30, and be read by poet Kuli Kohli who will pick the winner.

From July 2020 - Commissioned to write for Sandwell Stories by Multistory. ‘Black Country Wonder Woman' by Kuli Kohli is a commissioned long-form poem exploring the anxiety of giving birth to a premature baby at a time of crisis. With beats and rap verses by her son Akaash. You can listen to the poem here: https://bit.ly/3819jIP

I am available for performances at gigs, schools, colleges, libraries etc.

To contact me please email kuli.kohli@hotmail.co.uk

Poetry for me has been a very important aspect of expressing myself personally, emotionally and getting the people around me to realise that there is someone very sensitive who lives in my body. I was born with cerebral palsy and throughout my childhood and teenage years I was ashamed of myself. I wanted to be “normal” all my life, however, I didn’t know myself what normal was.

Sharing your voice and views to complete strangers can be a scary process but also very rewarding. At first I was petrified, but as I began to perform more to different audience I began to enjoy it, because I could see my work was making an impression.

I think performing is important because the audience can get a feel of the poet, why and what drives them to write. When I sit down on the stage to read my poetry there’s a sudden silence in the room. When I get going the audience begin to relax and start to enjoy my poetry and by the end of the performance the audience fall in love with me. The audience seem genuinely interested in hearing my poetry and stories.

I have read and performed at many events and festivals across the West Midlands, London, Oswestry, Ironbridge, Coventry’s Peace Festival, Shrewsbury Literature Festival and via Skype to University of Delhi, India.

In November 2018 I was invited as guest lecturer at Humboldt University in Berlin.

I have been involved in many projects - including readings at the University of Greenwich and Liverpool Hope University.

In December 2019 I was invited to the British Museum in London for Purple Light Up event for International Disabled Persons Day 2019.

In 2020 I have been commissioned to write bespoke poetry for many events, especially during lockdown, where it has not been possible to attend gigs. I have been commissioned to write, record, video my poetry which has been shared on social media and other media platforms.