Poem
Adrian Mitchell
WHAT IS POETRY?
WHAT IS POETRY?
WHAT IS POETRY?
Look at those naked words dancing together!Everyone’s very embarrassed.
Only one thing to do about it –
Off with your clothes
And join in the dance.
Naked words and people dancing together.
There’s going to be trouble.
Here come the Poetry Police!
Keep dancing.
© 1984, the estate of Adrian Mitchell
From: On the Beach at Cambridge
Publisher: Allison & Busby, London
From: On the Beach at Cambridge
Publisher: Allison & Busby, London
Adrian Mitchell
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1932 - 2008)
“Joyous, acrid and demotic tumbling lyricist Pied Piper determinedly singing us away from catastrophe.” (Angela Carter)
Dubbed the Shadow Poet Laureate in 2003 by Red Pepper magazine, Adrian Mitchell has been one of the most exciting popular voices in British poetry for almost half a century. He passed away just days before Christmas 2008, marking the end of an incredibly prolific, and political...
Dubbed the Shadow Poet Laureate in 2003 by Red Pepper magazine, Adrian Mitchell has been one of the most exciting popular voices in British poetry for almost half a century. He passed away just days before Christmas 2008, marking the end of an incredibly prolific, and political...
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WHAT IS POETRY?
Look at those naked words dancing together!Everyone’s very embarrassed.
Only one thing to do about it –
Off with your clothes
And join in the dance.
Naked words and people dancing together.
There’s going to be trouble.
Here come the Poetry Police!
Keep dancing.
From: On the Beach at Cambridge
WHAT IS POETRY?
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