Nausheen, Sharkey, Damian -- I've passed your good thoughts on to Davey. Thank you!
Damian, are you in Melbourne? Dave gave a lecture at Melb Uni the night before. You might have come! And indeed, RN is a national treasure. And yes, he can recite, mid-stream of any conversation, and often I can't tell where the poem ends and his own voice begins again.
Nausheen -- yes to your WOWs. I thoroughly concur!
Sharkey, speaking of breaking, the most amazing thing I've ever seen, in a poetry context, happened the day before this RN interview. During a podcast Dave was recording at Melbourne Uni, he read his poem 'Fathers and Sons', and the interviewer was overwhelmed, and dissolved in uncontrollable tears. The producer had to stop the recording, and the rest of us burst into the recording studio to supply emergency cuddles and emergency Shakespeare comfort-quotes. It was an extraordinary scene. Talk about the power of poetry.
Best to you all!
Cally
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