POETRY comes with bite at Plymouth's monthly Forked! night on Thursday, March 25.

Words of inspiration, delight and provocation are spoken at the B-Bar session, hosted by resident soul-jazz floozy Mama Tokus.

This month's line-up includes Jamaican-born dub poet Jean 'Binta' Breeze, who began writing verse in the 1970s.

She has worked as a director and scriptwriter for theatre, television and film and is joint editor of Critical Quarterly in London, where she is a lecturer and performance poet. She has performed her work throughout the world, touring in the Caribbean, North America, Europe, South East Asia and Africa.

Fellow Forked! guest, Yorkshireman Rob Auton wants to 'put things in people's heads that are not already there. I like cooking and have a lot of respect for Jamie Oliver's timings.

"I like painting and have a lot of respect for Francis Bacon's empty paint tubes I can see why John went for Yoko."

Meanwhile PoetiCat fuses rootsy music and experimental vocal in a collaboration nicknamed the Folk'n'Word.

The mixture started when performance poet Catherine Martindale was joined by guitarist Blake Kenrick.

Isabel and Victor Meadowcroft popped up and added vocals and cajon (a Peruvian drum) and PoetiCat was born.

Catherine's urban tales are reworked and underscored by a rich acoustic sound. The result mixes Portuguese Fado influences, funky folk-blues guitar with a Latin twist and the earthy pulse of that South American drum.

Poet, performer and 'creative facilitator' Kayo Chingonyi completes the line-up. He has performed his work at Shakespeare's Globe, Tate Modern, the Soho Theatre, the South Bank Centre, Buckingham Palace and around the country.

The B-Bar is at the Barbican Theatre. For more details, call 01752 242021 or go to www.b-bar.co.uk.