Joe Zux - Poet

10/06/2026

Can you see the real me

Joe Zux isn’t real
It’s just a persona
I use on socials and stage
Because without his safety blanket
I’d still be just words
That I write on a page

They would be hidden
Never see the light of day
Just to protect the real me
It would have to be that way

It still amazes me
When I see Joe Zux
On a flyer or bill
The thought of seeing
My real self there
Would make me feel quite ill

I sometimes get lost
And Joe Zux
Leads the way
I’m acting out with him
Real life
It helps me through the day

So if you see me offstage
And I mumble and shy away
It’s because I’m no longer him
And my social skills
Can go astray

But don’t think me rude
Or don’t appreciate
What you say
It’s that I’m not Joe Zux
When not on stage
I’m Joe Landers
And I hope that’s okay

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09/06/2026

Buy them a beer

Shut up
Shut up
There is a poet on stage
Going to share
All their angst and rage
May get political
Inspire you to fight
Or at least let you know
Their view on
What is wrong
And what is right
You may not agree
And that is your choice
You don’t have to listen
To the words they voice
But do a favour
And let them end
You don’t have to clap
Or even cheer
But if it did inspire you
Buy them a beer

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05/06/2026

Shout out to my newest followers! Excited to have you onboard!

Janine Booth, Nadia Martelli

19/05/2026

Tomorrow im headed of to Bearded Theory 2026! I shall be performing in the Something Else Tea Tent. So lucky to be sharing the stage with these absolutely fabulous people.

The Tea Tent is full of love and unity and does not give ground to intolerance.

Massive thank you to Gail S Else for this wonderful opportunity.

I really love that you need to check the board outside the tent to see who is on each day.

This was my favourite stage/area last year and can fully state I found my tribe.

18/05/2026

Glittery Unicorns

Here’s a jolly poem
Full of joy and glee
Smiles and glittery unicorns
Some happy stuff from me

It’s not all doom and gloom
With dark skies overhead
Or sorrowful stanzas
To kill your mood dead

This one’s full of sunshine
With all the love it brings
Of puppy dogs bouncing and yapping
Kittens rolling balls of string

There is no bitterness
Not a wrecked spiralling soul
No mention of hopelessness
To take its bloody messed up toll

The excitement of Christmas
The Yuletide joy and bliss
The decorations and fairy lights
The stolen mistletoe kiss

Not a glimmer of insanity
No mention of a twisted brain
No tales of woe and misery
No manic laughter gibberish insane

Clotted cream and strawberries
A nice cider served with ice
Music and dancing and memories
All the things that make life nice

See I said it wouldn’t be dark
Set in a world totally midnight black
No clutching grasping demons
With claws imbedded in my back

Copyright ©️ Joe Zux - Poet

01/05/2026

(Potential trigger warning)

Conditioned Men

Eighty Four men a week
Because we are conditioned
We’re weak if we speak

‘Man up’ is the ingrained battle cry
While we silently bottle our feelings
Become another statistic of Su***de

Too scared to show our emotions
Told it’s wrong to seek help or advice
Seems the only option or way out
Is to decide to end our life

What a stupid message we had
What a stupid way to grow
Hide the tears and emotions boys
It’s the way we are conditioned you know

Three Hundred and Thirty Six deaths
Monthly cost to families and us all
Shush, be quite the mantra encased
So in desperation we fall

Four Thousand and Thirty Two annually
It’s far too much to pay
All for stupid conditioning
And it still carries on today

So we’ve got to stop this
Say ‘Lads’ and scream it loud
‘It’s not weak to talk about your feelings
To express emotions is very much allowed’

So it’s okay for you to feel this way
But please don’t hide and instead start to talk
Scream and cry if you need to
You’re not alone on this walk

We have to change how we do this
It must start at home and in school
It’s okay for men to be emotional
That has to be the new rule

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01/05/2026

It's Bandcamp Friday.
Have a few S**U Tees and other bits available if you'd like to buy anything :)

Spoken word artist from the midlands. Joe Zux puts together poetic verse and writes from the heart with such passion. His poetry has a kick and bite to it, as he fights for the underdog, and writes for the common person in a style that is both thought provoking and full of grit. Available for Events...

21/04/2026

No worldly love

How can I write
When words don’t seem enough
With all the hate in the world
Seems wrong to talk about love

With so much damage done
We can say ‘not in our name’
But what does it accomplish
When it happens again and again

We are witnesses to genocide
Served daily on the TV
With no one held accountable
Just the normal background for all to see

What of the poets and singers
Still writing and singing protest songs
But nothing in the world is changing
Where have we all gone wrong

Does it make any difference
Hatred and racism still on the rise
While we just become accustomed to it all
We watch with blinkered eyes

See the damage done to Gaza
It now has little impact
Been fed to us so often now
We just take it as daily fact

See countries invade others
But not our problem you see
It’s happening somewhere else
It doesn’t effect you and me

So I’m sorry to say this
Words are just not enough
See no signs of resistance
See no worldly love

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26/11/2025

A Ditty

Farage is making noise again
Mein Kamph is off the shelf again
He’s looking what next to do

Tommy Robinson blaming grooming gangs
Just so long as they are brown
Blindsided to what white people do

Nathan Gill got 10 years in jail
The Russian plan was a fail
His mates are running to the hills

Lawrence Fox is just a failed actor
Stirring hate like he’s on X Factor
Trying to stay relevant to you

Katie Hopkins couldn’t win Apprentice
Spits hatred like curdled J**z
Just a spiteful cow going moo

As for Richard Tice
He don’t know how to be nice
Even school kids see through you

Nick Teconi with Roman salute high
Sheffield ran you dry
You better slink of home too

Never gonna vote Reform
Being gammon is not the norm
I’ve got better things to do

So for all you fascist scum
We’re gonna get you on the run
We see right through you

We’ve learnt from history
To fight against racism and bigotry
We’ve got a message for you

It don’t matter if you hid or ran
We’re here with chants of No Pasaran
We will find and defeat you

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