There have always been poets who performed. Blake ... -Adrian Mitchell

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

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Adrian Mitchell was an English poet and playwright. He was known for his politically charged poetry and his active involvement in social and political movements. Mitchell's poetic works and his commitment to addressing societal issues have made him an influential figure in the world of poetry and activism.

Adrian Mitchell Quotes to Explore

Written poetry is different. Best thing is to see it in performance first, then read it. Performance is more provocative....
I use rock and jazz and blues rhythms because I love that music. I hope my poetry has a relationship with good-time rock'n roll....
Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people....
There have always been poets who performed. Blake sang his Songs of Innocence and Experience to parties of friends....
I want to speak, to sing to total strangers. It's my way of talking to the world....
I use the language I use to my friends. They wouldn't believe me if I used some high-flown literary language. I want them to believe me....
Stadium rock and commercial rock are the opposite of what poetry needs. An audience of around 200 is ideal for poetry....
I don't like writing essays or theory....

Experience Quotes to Explore

We are mindful of desire when we experience it with an embodied awareness, recognizing the sensations and thoughts of wanting as arising and passing p...
Based on my own experience, when you're going through adolescence you don't know how the world works. You can't set a story in the world you live in b...
Socialism and Communism are extremely attractive to a superficial observer. It is not until you get into the details, or actually experience it, that ...
The only way young players learn how to get better is by playing or get the experience is by playing and getting out there and doing it....
Immediately after the Floyd experience, I became a pop record producer....
The world we live in has been and is being increasingly politicised so that our daily experience is more and more a matter of public policy....
It is every intelligent man's experience that evildoing recoils on the doer sooner or later....
Perception often lags behind reality, and I can say from experience that the vast majority of public officials in Louisiana are much better than our r...
The mind of a 19-year-old is very different from the mind of a 26-year-old. You grow. You get into better relationships. You experience more, meet mor...
When I was a teenager, in the '80s, it was 'Dynasty.' It was 'Beverly Hills, 90210.' And those were fantasies. Those weren't reflective of my experien...