CERYS MATTHEWS: I think the word "poetry" can limit your idea of what poetry is. It is just like music, It is not just one thing... that only the elite or educated can access or identify with. There is no need for prejudice, no need for fear. I say this because I so often heard: “Well the last time I did poetry was in school and I hated it.” Don’t think of it like that!
If you are brought up in a culture where it is alive and well – in hymns, in children’s lullabies – and there are so many cultures where it is alive, it is not just the equivalent in music of Wagner. There is a whole spectrum that exists in poetry... You’ve got the equivalent of “Can’t Get You Out Of My Head” or “The Birdy Song”. You do have your John Cooper Clarkes, you’ve got side splitting hilarious poetry and limericks. It is Allen Ginsberg, it’s "Little Piggy Went to Market"! It’s the Beatles, it’s Kylie Minogue!