Why I am not a poet: Anthony Anaxagorou

Southbank Centre

In this episode of Think Aloud we turn our attention to poetry, and sit down with the London poet and founder of poetry collective Out-Spoken, Anthony Anaxagorou.

With him we delve into how poetry can rewrite history, the ways in which he has developed and established his own voice, and how, when this is not a poem, he is not a poet.

We also hear from South Korean poet Kim Hyesoon, for whom breaking established rules has been key to her poetry, on why the language of women comes from more than just the mouth.

"I mean as a kid I absolutely despised poetry...it was as dry as trigonometry… it was like looking at a traffic cone”

ANTHONY ANAXAGOROU