MY POETIC LICENCE
Yo! I’m the MC of ranting rebel poetry!
I know my history and my identity
I’m independent, a red cottage industry
DIY from here to eternity...
Now let me tell you what’s been going on:
I take inspiration from centuries long gone
Oral tradition of sedition, that’s my position -
No court jester with a tame disposition!
Poetic licence? 26 years I’ve had one
And they don’t come easy, they’re not given out for fun
You have to earn it, work and sweat and move -
Not get stuck in a dead poet bore groove.
I earned mine in dirty scummy punk clubs
Rock gigs, arts centres, festivals and dodgy pubs
And yes, once or twice I’ve had to fight -
But when a fascist hits a poet, the poet’s doing something right!
So listen up, this MC’s here to stay
Wild all those years ago and still fired up today
I love words and I’ve got this message for you:
Poetry’s not boring - though some poets bore you...
And I have to say that some poets bore me.
They’re about as fun as a week on the lavatory.
Dull and pretentious, playing the Art Game -
Real problem is they give the rest of us a bad name.
But I’m in the forward line, down there in the scrum.
Tedious whining poets - up your bum!
Now some of the critics think my stuff’s no good
But I earn my living at it - those jerks never could...
Yes, as you see, I’m a little bit bolshy too -
But that’s just one of the ways I want to get through
Sometimes it’s cerebral, dry, esoteric wit
Sometimes it’s loud and wild and hard and rude as shit!
I love words and I love ‘em in the red and raw
I like to use them in ways they’ve not been used before
Want you to laugh and want you to think as well -
Bollocks to TV - this is live, as live as hell!
Oral tradition - the real origins of poetry.
Attila the Stockbroker - ranting rebel MC.
Dean of the Social Surrealist University.
Welcome to my wild poetic journey!
I set up my initial MySpace site in March 2006, and because it's a music site, I decided to put mostly songs on there. But the majority of my gigs are solo, half my set at these is performance poetry/spoken word and many people know me first and foremost as a poet.... so I've decided to establish a separate site for the poems. Here they are! I'll keep changing them regularly.
If you'd like to read my biog and blog, hear the songs and the odd poem and check out my gig list, please go to my longer-established music site at myspace.com/attilastockbroker. You can get there easily by clicking on my picture in the first 'friend' space below. That's also the place to leave messages, gig enquiries etc, though feel free to beome a 'friend' at this one if you like and spread the word! It doesn't make sense to duplicate all the info on here and in any case, I do over 100 gigs a year, have a very full life and simply haven't got time!
And of course, my original website www.attilathestockbroker.com has the biggest archive of all....
Cheers everyone!
Attila
