Wurm im Apfel is programming a spoken word event for this year's Kilmainham Arts Festival.

As ever, we need a bit of money to help pay out-of-pocket expenses.  Buy a strip of raffle tickets here to be in with a chance to win books, CDs, book tokens, or even a commissioned poem.

This free community arts festival aims to offer art for all tastes, all ages: there's music, dance, visual and plastic arts, drama and children's events.

You can find out more here. But as for us...

The Field Hospital -- Spoken Word@Kilmainham Arts Festival

Grounds of the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Kilmainham

"we answer to no grey South / Nor blue North, not self defence / The lie of just wars..." -- Paul Muldoon, "The Field Hospital"

Spoken word performances for difficult times, featuring artists from Ireland, Britain & the United States. 3-6pm, Field Hospital tent, IMMA.

3pm-3.45
Triage with Dave Lordan, Cah-44 and Boris Belony
A natural disaster, and American Serge Gainsbourg and a phallologularcentrist. They'll tell you what's wrong all right.

3.45-5.15
Surgery with Erin Fornoff, Raven, John McKeown, Lucien Zell, and Amy Leigh Cutler
Skillful scalpels, soothing bedside manners from some of the best hands in the business.

5.15-6pm
Recovery with The Poetry Chicks.
Abby Oliviera and Pamela Brown's powerfully composed, dazzlingly executed performances will leave you in fighting form.