I hope my poetry has a relationship with good-time rock’n roll.
ADRIAN MITCHELLWritten poetry is different. Best thing is to see it in performance first, then read it. Performance is more provocative.
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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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I was run over by the truth one day.Ever since the accident I’ve walked this way.
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I use rock and jazz and blues rhythms because I love that music.
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Lovers lie around in itBroken glass is found in itGrassI like that stuff.
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Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.
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I don’t like writing essays or theory.
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And the BMA sent a writ my wayWith the very first leper I cured.
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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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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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The man who believes in giraffes would swallow anything.
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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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And the BMA sent a writ my wayWith the very first leper I cured.
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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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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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