When I am sad and wearyWhen I think all hope has goneWhen I walk along High HolbornI think of you with nothing on

Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.

Poetry is an extra hand. It can caress or tickle. It can clench and fight.

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

I want to speak, to sing to total strangers. It's my way of talking to the world.

There have always been poets who performed. Blake sang his Songs of Innocence and Experience to parties of friends.

I was run over by the truth one day.Ever since the accident I've walked this way

I don't like writing essays or theory.

The man who believes in giraffes would swallow anything.

I would have walked on the waterBut I wasn't fully insured.And the BMA sent a writ my wayWith the very first leper I cured.

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

RVM Thoughts for Today - "Things will happen.You can't stop them from happening, but you can control your reaction from making things worse . React Positively. Live Happily

A smile is the universal welcome.

Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures.

If any has a stone to throw It is not I ever or now.

I don’t believe in extraordinary concatenations of coincidence.

Nothing has ever looked like that ever in all of human history.

I'm a scorer, not a triple-double player

If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.

Everyday life is a stimulating mixture of order and haphazardry. The sun rises and sets on schedule but the wind bloweth where it listeth.