9 Jul 2019

A strange medley



These poets
All these writers (a different thing, I think)
Are the same same same
Goddamn trick of the light

Then one pops up and says
We need more risk taking in poetry
More anarchy
etc etc
Well yeah, shit

Problem is all those who adhere to a good old
Fuck you
Won’t get published as they don’t fit
One of the many boxes

I think of RA Wilson
Every time
Writing all those books and no one knowing
What shelf to stick them on
What to call him

Dig it
The less they can stick you in a hole
The more they see you
You soak through the barriers and cross
Into brains north south
East and west

It’s not some rebellious bullshit
My writing flits and jumps and (mostly)
Falls on its ass before
Dusting itself off

And then finally
Hopefully becoming this strange medley
Of voices and songs and light and dark
Come along
Colour it in.