If The Poem Has No Obvious Destination,

It's Not As If I'm Trying To Write Crossword Puzzles To Which One Might Find An Answer At The Back Of The Book Or Anything Like That.

That's One Of The Great Things About Poetry; One Realises That One Does One's Little Turn - That You're Just Part Of The Great Crop, As It Were.

I Certainly Am Interested In Accessibility, Clarity, And Immediacy.

I Suppose For Whatever Reason I Actively Welcome Being Put Down, Something Which Perhaps Goes Back To My Upbringing - That Accusation Of Not Being Worthy Which Could Be Laid At One's Door.

I Was Born In Northern Ireland In 1951. I Lived Most Of My Life There Until 1986 Or 1987