You put your bombers in, you put your conscience out.
ADRIAN MITCHELLMost people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.
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I would have walked on the waterBut I wasn’t fully insured.
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Blake sang his Songs of Innocence and Experience to parties of friends.
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And the BMA sent a writ my wayWith the very first leper I cured.
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There have always been poets who performed.
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I don’t like writing essays or theory.
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The man who believes in giraffes would swallow anything.
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I hope my poetry has a relationship with good-time rock’n roll.
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Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.
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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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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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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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And the BMA sent a writ my wayWith the very first leper I cured.
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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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Poetry is an extra hand. It can caress or tickle. It can clench and fight.
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I use rock and jazz and blues rhythms because I love that music.
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