to be was a professional poet. now, i ve heard of kids who want to be train drivers, professional footballers, but very rare to find a kid who always knew he wanted to be a poet. how come? when i say always, i guess from the age of 12 i became enamoured of poetry, thanks to an inspirational teacher mr malone john malone. who, although he was a rugged, outdoor sporty type of guy, he was a complex character and had a weakness for the poetry of the 19th century the stuff you might find in the palgrave s golden treasury, which then was the go to anthology for the educational establishment. right, but you re a 12 year old boy growing up in a tough neighbourhood in manchester quite a working class sort of area and you re telling me you fell in love with the romantic poets? yes, he made it work for us, you know? he conveyed this it wasn t just me that was affected
who want to be train drivers, professional footballers, but very rare to find a kid who always knew he wanted to be a poet. how come? when i say always, i guess from the age of 12 i became enamoured of poetry, thanks to an inspirational teacher mr malone john malone. who, although he was a rugged, outdoor sporty type of guy, he was a complex character and had a weakness for the poetry of the 19th century the stuff you might find in the palgrave s golden treasury, which then was the go to anthology for the educational establishment. right, but you re a 12 year old boy growing up in a tough neighbourhood in manchester quite a working class sort of area and you re telling me you fell in love with the romantic poets? yes, he made it work for us, you know? he conveyed this it wasn t just me that was affected