Written poetry is different. Best thing is to see it in performance first, then read it. Performance is more provocative.
ADRIAN MITCHELLWritten poetry is different. Best thing is to see it in performance first, then read it. Performance is more provocative.
ADRIAN MITCHELLYou 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.
ADRIAN MITCHELLMost people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.
ADRIAN MITCHELLBlake sang his Songs of Innocence and Experience to parties of friends.
ADRIAN MITCHELLAnd the BMA sent a writ my wayWith the very first leper I cured.
ADRIAN MITCHELLI would have walked on the waterBut I wasn’t fully insured.
ADRIAN MITCHELLI was run over by the truth one day.Ever since the accident I’ve walked this way.
ADRIAN MITCHELLAnd the BMA sent a writ my wayWith the very first leper I cured.
ADRIAN MITCHELLLovers lie around in itBroken glass is found in itGrassI like that stuff.
ADRIAN MITCHELLStadium rock and commercial rock are the opposite of what poetry needs. An audience of around 200 is ideal for poetry.
ADRIAN MITCHELLI use rock and jazz and blues rhythms because I love that music.
ADRIAN MITCHELLI don’t like writing essays or theory.
ADRIAN MITCHELLPoetry is an extra hand. It can caress or tickle. It can clench and fight.
ADRIAN MITCHELLI hope my poetry has a relationship with good-time rock’n roll.
ADRIAN MITCHELLYou put your bombers in, you put your conscience out.
ADRIAN MITCHELLThere have always been poets who performed.
ADRIAN MITCHELL