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from outside europe. and the british public will be invited to swear allegiance to king charles, and his heirs, during his coronation on saturday. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. there — ive just used seven words and communicated quite a lot. words can bind us together or push us apart. in a sense, we are all wordsmiths, but many of us shy away from the art form that best harnesses the power of words — poetry. but not my guest today. john cooper c...

but not my guest today. john cooper clarke was once dubbed �*the punk poet. all his life, he has used words, rhythm and rhyme to find humour and truth in the chaos of everyday life. thanks to the internet, one of his poems has become a worldwide viral sensation. so, where does his word magic come from? john cooper clarke, welcome to hardtalk. hello, stephen. its great to have you here, john. ijust read your memoir and one of the first sentences in it is this one — "all my life, all...

john cooper clarke was once dubbed "the punk poet". all his life, he has used words, rhythm and rhyme to find humour and truth in the chaos of everyday life. thanks to the internet, one of his poems has become a worldwide viral sensation. so, where does his word magic come from? john cooper clarke, welcome to hardtalk. hello, stephen. its great to have you here, john. ijust read your memoir and one of the first sentences in it is this one — "all my life, all i ever wanted to be was a...

all his life, he has used words, rhythm and rhyme to find humour and truth in the chaos of everyday life. thanks to the internet, one of his poems has become a worldwide viral sensation. so, where does his word magic come from? john cooper clarke, welcome to hardtalk. hello, stephen. its great to have you here, john. ijust read your memoir and one of the first sentences in it is this one — "all my life, all i ever wanted to be was a professional poet." now, ive heard of kids who want...

When you read my poems, i need an angle on things — youve gotta get an angle on things — and in order to do that, what i do is very often, dont look for me in these poems all the time because most of the time — 80% of the time, theyre works of imagination. ive heard a conversation somewhere, im inhabiting the mind that i imagine belongs to somebody else whos nothing like me. i can think of a million examples of that in my work, you know, where im adopt... if youre a poet, youre an adopter ...

Crosstalk. but what i was going to say — forgive me for talking over you, stephen — that when you read my poems, i need an angle on things — youve gotta get an angle on things — and in order to do that, what i do is very often, dont look for me in these poems all the time because most of the time — 80% of the time, theyre works of imagination. ive heard a conversation somewhere, im inhabiting the mind that i imagine belongs to somebody else whos nothing like me. i can think of a millio...

And i want to just talk about... but what i was going to say... forgive me for talking overyou, stephen. when you read my poems, i need an angle on things. youve got to get an angle on things and in order to do that, what i do is, very often, dont look for me in these poems all the time, because most of the time, 80% of the time, theyre works of imagination. ive heard a conversation somewhere, im inhabiting that... the mind that i imagine belongs to somebody else, who is nothing like me. i can t...

Wagon-type of vehicle. >> john: the family has offered a $50,000 reward. in your experience is that enough money to draw out scrutiny of people that might have been involved here or does it need to be more? >> im not sure what amount it has to be to have someone come forward. anything added to that reward money will help obviously. so someone knows something, you heard that conversation somewhere, say something. an innocent boy lost his life. >> john: maybe some other good samaritans will kick i...