microscopic muses

  I left your book  In a public cloakroom  Soul cleansing words

  Nice is not a nice word Lazy language   Substitutes real feelings 

  Imagining   With flowers bought and sent Spring creeping in *still so SO cold here, in my part of*

The smell of decay Hospital waiting rooms My second home

  Deafening silence Words left unsaid Lost opportunity 

  The Guardian: news website of the year News Opinion Sport Culture Lifestyle Show caption ‘I write all my poems with a quill by candlelight’: John Cooper Clarke on the joy of life without tech The punk poet has no smartphone, no email, not even a computer. Everyone should try it, he says John Cooper Clarke Sat 17 Feb 2024 04.00 EST Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Back in the day, I used to feel a degree of sympathy for those who had been ­compelled to become computer ­literate. I would see these guys in the city, ­struggling home with a rucksack loaded with technology, ruining the line of their Hugo Boss suit. It looked like a ball and chain to me. So I stayed away. Whenever anyone mentioned ­computers, I would say: “What do I need a computer for? I’m a poet.” Later, when mobile phones came out, I was sitting on public transport next to two girls when I heard one of them say to the other: “My boss has just bought me a new mobile phone.” I thought, yeah, I bet he...