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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...

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...