John Fuller
John Fuller
John Fuller FRSLis an English poet and author, and Fellow Emeritus at Magdalen College, Oxford...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth1 January 1937
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It's always good to show that poetry isn't the little depressed lyric people believe it to be, that it's something bigger.
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Now we are being told to stay put, because there is the possibility that our resources will be needed here.
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When I began, poetry was very academic. You published little pamphlets from fancy presses. It was rather... chaste. There wasn't much public reading. Then there was poetry and jazz, which I don't think worked, though I love jazz.
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We always coordinate our efforts with FEMA and the state EOC, (Emergency Operations Command).
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It is certainly nothing like what Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana had to deal with, but the efforts are still ongoing.
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Hmmm. I think a lot of people can write poems that are howls of anguish. I think I've probably written such things and then torn them up.
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We were just trying to think of a way to help out the town.
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Overall, our restaurants are still doing fine. We just had a lot of expenses this go-around.
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Chief (Lyons) was knocking on our door around 11 that night. He told us about the danger, and said we had to make a decision whether we were going to stay or go.
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I'm not sure why we are having a debate on a 1,600-student high school. A 1,200-student high school is better for kids.
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If parents want to take advantage of that they should look into it.
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I'm not sure about prizes. I don't know how far you can seriously raise public consciousness about poetry. Having a 'National Poetry Day,' like a 'No Smoking Day,' is just shelving the problem. Things which should by rights be every day are not best served by these things.