Mike Tyler

[4] From 1994 to 2002 he was the poet-in-residence at the artist decorated Carlton Arms Hotel in New York City living in a room with a felt rhino.

[7] The artist Banksy has stenciled Tyler's line “only the ridiculous survive” outside of London's Paddington Station.

[12] He appeared full-frontally nude performing his poem Trial By Ice for the PBS Series, The United States of Poetry (is it o.k.

The performance was cut from the show, but Tyler did appear completely naked in stills from the program in the coffee table book of the same name.

[13] He recreated the James Brown Hardest Working Man in Show Business Routine while doing a poetry reading.

I mean this is the ICA, it’s London, this audience is so cool the bar doesn’t even bother stocking ice.

He sprung to the top of a wire fence, then dived to the sidewalk landing on his left arm.