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Written poetry is different. Best thing is to see it in performance first, then read it. Performance is more provocative.

Adrian Mitchell

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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.
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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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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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Different First Performance Poetry Provocative Read
Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.
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And the BMA sent a writ my wayWith the very first leper I cured.
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I would have walked on the waterBut I wasn’t fully insured.
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You take the human being and you twist it all about So scrub my skin with women Chain my tongue with whisky Stuff my nose with garlic Coat my eyes with butter Fill my ears with silver Stick my legs in plaster Tell me lies about Vietnam.
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I don’t like writing essays or theory.
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There have always been poets who performed.
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