Forty years ago
today
I knew boys who swapped
Tangerine Dream records
and others who spat punk
A comprehensive education
in a scrag end Surrey town
of smoke-rattled bike sheds
of wrong trousers and collars
of part formed love and loss
We all knew the girl who gave it
to the intelligent thug
she cried in maths and the bogs
Sex education still has no use
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Mike Bell's expanding collection of poems is his ongoing response to actual moments – conjured memories – and a fearful future.
His ambition is to publish 10,000 poems, and then take a nap.
His writing continues to be reproduced in various formats and journals – he also throws himself out there in occasional readings – open mics and poetry sessions – when his body is willing.
Mike Bell is found working for money as a freelance set designer.
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