I use the language I use to my friends. They wouldn’t believe me if I used some high-flown literary language. I want them to believe me.
ADRIAN MITCHELLWhen I am sad and wearyWhen I think all hope has goneWhen I walk along High HolbornI think of you with nothing on
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Poetry is an extra hand. It can caress or tickle. It can clench and fight.
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The man who believes in giraffes would swallow anything.
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I was run over by the truth one day.Ever since the accident I’ve walked this way.
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I want to speak, to sing to total strangers. It’s my way of talking to the world.
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Written poetry is different. Best thing is to see it in performance first, then read it. Performance is more provocative.
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Blake sang his Songs of Innocence and Experience to parties of friends.
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I hope my poetry has a relationship with good-time rock’n roll.
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I don’t like writing essays or theory.
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You put your bombers in, you put your conscience out.
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I would have walked on the waterBut I wasn’t fully insured.
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Lovers lie around in itBroken glass is found in itGrassI like that stuff.
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When I am sad and wearyWhen I think all hope has goneWhen I walk along High HolbornI think of you with nothing on
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Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.
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Stadium rock and commercial rock are the opposite of what poetry needs. An audience of around 200 is ideal for poetry.
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And the BMA sent a writ my wayWith the very first leper I cured.
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