The second kind of nonsense I’m interested in is explored in my poems ‘With unction down the purple lane’ and ‘Down, Down and Down’. You might say that these poems make no sense at all, which is why I used to call them “utter nonsense” to distinguish them from the first kind.
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Poetry
My friend Tom has produced a guide to the ‘Top ten literary stars of 2008‘. I don’t know them all, but have seen three of them perform, and certainly agree with Tom’s verdict. Joe Dunthorne and Emma McGordon were two of the more down to earth performers on last year’s Generation Txt tour, and I [...]
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On Friday evening, I went to see Roger McGough and Brian Patten perform their poetry at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on London’s South Bank. I went on my own, which is something I’m no longer averse to doing if nobody I know is interested in going to something, but still I am not comfortable in [...]
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