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Fun and Prophet's avatar

Commenting as an unread self-published poet, often weird archaic-religious, lots of vernacular slang. This interview is a massive gift.

•"Any candidate for a proudest moment would probably be a comment from an appreciative reader." Appreciative readers thin on the ground here, but one (1) reader burst into tears at a final rhyme. Peak moment.

•Imagine finding someone who first-call acknowledges the monumental Transit of Venus! I'll find the Meredith very soon. And ("of course" / "consequently") Mr. Wong's poetry.

This rang a whole tower of uncanny bells. Thank you.

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Thanks so much for your comment, we agree and will share with Alex! He is also a guest on the RLF Collected Podcast this week, which you may be interested in listening too: https://podcast.rlf.org.uk/485-alex-wong-literary-critic-and-poet

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