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I use rock and jazz and blues rhythms because I love that music. I

I use rock and jazz and blues rhythms because I love that music. I hope my poetry has a relationship with good-time rockn roll. – Adrian Mitchell

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

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

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I think Im a very good reader of poetry, but obviously, like everybody, I have a set of criteria for reading poems, and Im not shy about presenting them, so if people ask for my critical response to a poem, I tell them what works and why, and what doesnt work and why. – Diane Wakoski

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I have experienced healing through other writers poetry, but theres no way I can sit down to write in the hope a poem will have healing potential. If I do, Ill write a bad poem. – Marilyn Hacker

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And there are a lot more people reading poetry, but there are not so many people reading an individual poet. – Peter Davison

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Poetry… simple, sensuous and passionate. – John Milton, “Of Education. To Mr. Samuel Hartlib,” c.1650

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