Published on 12, July, 2020
I can do a backflip and I can mimic most voices I hear. The mimicking is a special talent, according to my MH nurse. I used to have an almost photographic memory but recently I lost it, my memory is patchy now.
I can compose stunningly clever poetry on the spot, to order.
That's nice. I like poetry, I used to write my own.
Who is your favourite poet? I love reading poetry as much if not more than writing it, mostly I read 20/21C contemporary. Eg: Ted Hughes, Philip Larkin, Sylvia Plath, Lavinia Greenlaw, Alison Brackenbury, Peter Reading, though it’s all built on an understanding of the sound worlds of Shakespeare, Tennyson, the WW1 poets for example.