— We are poets, man. We are fucking poets.
— No we are not. I will not be described as a poet. It’s an artform I do not enjoy —
— Why? —
— performance poetry, I’m sorry, it always makes me want to claw my own face off.
Note on portable profession of performance poetry …
Mike Weller’s scored banter between Oliver Mann and Helen Zaltzman on topic of poetry featured in "take two" Episode 63 (performed twice as Martin the Sound Man forgot to turn his track on) of their podcast Answer Me This!