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THE PSYCHY POET
by Laurie Wilkinson and Mike Page
As a published poet with 12 books to his name, Laurie Wilkinson, AKA The Psychy Poet, waxes lyrical with poems from the first of his themes of Romance, Humour, Reflection, and Tragedy. Interviewed by Mike Page (The Front Page), Laurie reminisces about his life, beginning with his childhood in Walthamstow, East London, during the post-WW2 years. He remembers his parents affectionately as being very happy, supportive and making jokes despite being quite poor -- the "bathroom" was a tin tub hanging on a nail in the garden! With a firm belief that we are products of our environment and experiences, Laurie reflects on how his past has influenced a relatively recent embarkation of poetry writing. From working in London's east end at only fifteen amongst the biting wit and humour to the tragic death at only thirty-four of his beloved sister Doreen when he was twenty-six, his life had already polarised. Laurie did, though, regale some of his workmates with "little rhyming di
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As a published poet with 12 books to his name, Laurie Wilkinson, AKA The Psychy Poet, waxes lyrical with poems from the first of his themes of Romance, Humour, Reflection, and Tragedy. Interviewed by Mike Page (The Front Page), Laurie reminisces about his life, beginning with his childhood in Walthamstow, East London, during the post-WW2 years. He remembers his parents affectionately as being very happy, supportive and making jokes despite being quite poor -- the "bathroom" was a tin tub hanging on a nail in the garden! With a firm belief that we are products of our environment and experiences, Laurie reflects on how his past has influenced a relatively recent embarkation of poetry writing. From working in London's east end at only fifteen amongst the biting wit and humour to the tragic death at only thirty-four of his beloved sister Doreen when he was twenty-six, his life had already polarised. Laurie did, though, regale some of his workmates with "little rhyming di
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As a published poet with 12 books to his name, Laurie Wilkinson, AKA The Psychy Poet, waxes lyrical with poems from the first of his themes of Romance, Humour, Reflection, and Tragedy. Interviewed by Mike Page (The Front Page), Laurie reminisces about his life, beginning with his childhood in...
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