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There have always been poets w...

There have always been poets who performed. Blake sang his Songs of Innocence and Experience to parties of friends.

Adrian Mitchell 28 quotes

Most people ignore most poetry...

Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people

Adrian Mitchell 28 quotes

It's about sitting faithfully ...

It's about sitting faithfully in England while thousands of miles away terrible atrocities are being committed in our name.

Adrian Mitchell 28 quotes

[The maiden Olympics had more ...

[The maiden Olympics had more to protest about than mere war, though. Central to its ethos was a rejection of two establishments: the political one, certainly, but also that of the wider poetry world itself.] It changed poetry for ever in the UK, ... It led to readings all over the country. You suddenly got more women reading and publishing poems, as well as gay guys and poets from all over the world. Until that time, published poetry had been very university-based: white, male, middle-class. We were trying to break po

Adrian Mitchell 28 quotes

It changed poetry for ever in ...

It changed poetry for ever in the UK. It led to readings all over the country. You suddenly got more women reading and publishing poems, as well as gay guys and poets from all over the world. Until that time, published poetry had been very university-based: white, male, middle-class. We were trying to break poetry out of its academic confines.

Adrian Mitchell 28 quotes

I don't like writing essays or...

I don't like writing essays or theory.

Adrian Mitchell 28 quotes

I use rock and jazz and blues ...

I use rock and jazz and blues rhythms because I love that music. I hope my poetry has a relationship with good-time rock'n roll.

Adrian Mitchell 28 quotes

I use the language I use to my...

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 Mitchell 28 quotes

I want to speak, to sing to to...

I want to speak, to sing to total strangers. It's my way of talking to the world.

Adrian Mitchell 28 quotes

Most people ignore most poetry...

Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.

Adrian Mitchell 28 quotes

Stadium rock and commercial ro...

Stadium rock and commercial rock are the opposite of what poetry needs. An audience of around 200 is ideal for poetry.

Adrian Mitchell 28 quotes

Written poetry is different. B...

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

Adrian Mitchell 28 quotes

There have always been poets w...

There have always been poets who performed. Blake sang his Songs of Innocence and Experience to parties of friends.

Adrian Mitchell 28 quotes

Stadium rock and commercial ro...

Stadium rock and commercial rock are the opposite of what poetry needs. An audience of around 200 is ideal for poetry.

Adrian Mitchell 28 quotes

Most people ignore most poetry...

Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.

Adrian Mitchell 28 quotes

I want to speak, to sing to to...

I want to speak, to sing to total strangers. It's my way of talking to the world.

Adrian Mitchell 28 quotes

I use the language I use to my...

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 Mitchell 28 quotes

I use rock and jazz and blues ...

I use rock and jazz and blues rhythms because I love that music. I hope my poetry has a relationship with good-time rock'n roll.

Adrian Mitchell 28 quotes

I don't like writing essays or...

I don't like writing essays or theory.

Adrian Mitchell 28 quotes

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