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Interview with L R HUMPHRIES
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EDP: Tell us about your first memory of encountering poetry? Now that’s a toughie first up; I would have to say that my first memory of poetry comes from Primary School and reading Roald Dahl’s work, and especially his poem “Mike Teavee…” – I loved that. I adored all of his fiction and poetry, he [...]
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Interview with Linda Simoni-Wastila 8 Comments
EDP: Tell us about your first memory of encountering poetry? Dr. Seuss? I remember carting around One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish as a toddler. As an adult, though, the first time I really ‘got’ poetry was as a college sophomore, full-throttle in my science major and forced to take the last humanities [...]
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Interview with Errol Nimbly 2 Comments
EDP: Tell us about your first memory of encountering poetry? Fuzzy Wuzzy comes to mind. At age nine, the line “Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t fuzzy was he?” made a big impression on me. I’m still mumbling it. I think it was the existentialism. What is self-identity? And how is it related to hair loss? Another unforgettable [...]
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Interview with Robin Herrnfeld 3 Comments
EDP: Tell us about your first memory of encountering poetry? “Isn’t it funny how a bear likes honey. Buzz buzz buzz, I wonder why he does.” Do you remember that one? Winnie-the-Pooh. It’s probably one of the first poems I ever heard, and it was soon followed by other nonsense poems – Edward Lear, Lewis [...]
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Interview with Kirsty Stanley 4 Comments
EDP: Tell us about your first memory of encountering poetry? My memory is pretty poor. It will have been at school though. I’ve always enjoyed reading poems. When we learnt poetry we were always told to just look at the words. I wanted to know more about the context of the poems. I remember being [...]
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INTERVIEW WITH LYNDON PERRY • by Lyndon Perry 3 Comments
EDP: What is your first memory of encountering poetry? I’m sure I was read nursery rhymes as a child, but my first exposure in a class setting was fifth grade. Most of the poetry we read was Paul Bunyon/John Henry type of verse – Western, American-mythic, epic. I loved reading and writing about Babe, 16 [...]
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INTERVIEW WITH JONATHAN PINNOCK • by Jonathan Pinnock 12 Comments
EDP: What is your first memory of encountering poetry? I think the first poem that I remember enjoying was probably something by either A.A.Milne or Lewis Carroll. It was the rhythm of things like Milne’s “Disobedience” that I responded to and the sheer absurdity of Lewis Carroll. And, thanks to school English [...]
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INTERVIEW WITH POLENTH BLAKE • by Polenth Blake No Comments
Our most read poem in July was Polenth Blake’s ‘The Dog’s Complaint.’ EDP: What is your first memory of encountering poetry? I remember Dr. Seuss books being read to me. Once I could read, I moved on to the poetry books in the house, starting with a collection by Ogden Nash. EDP: Tell [...]
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INTERVIEW • Anuradha Vijayakrishnan 5 Comments
EDP: What is your first memory of encountering poetry? AV: At school, I think, though my mother says she used to read poetry to me even while I was a baby. Our textbooks were filled with simple and time tested poems – but we read and memorised them only so that we could answer [...]
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INTERVIEW WITH PSC 3 Comments
EDP: What is your first memory of encountering poetry? PSC: First memory? Hmmm . . . that would be a long time ago. Not sure if I can say for certain. I remember reading Dr Seuss — does that count? I also remember a poem that my mother taught to my sisters and me when [...]
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