They're often shy and softly spoken, not great for making money. Big Kev didn't sell a million litres of cleaning fluid by being shy and whispering. Many have wavy hair, dress in black and live in cafes. They are the ones who keep the dollars away. I'd just like to read out this poem I wrote after splitting up with a wonderful person whom I still love.
Poetry is about language.
Using words for sound and meaning, twisting and shaping. It's not about tears and beers, bleeding and broken hearts. Give me a poet raving about delivering pizzas to pay the rent. I see the future of poetry as a phoenix - the bird, not the Dodge. Burning itself on a pyre of flames.