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People have always found me challenging - I don't know why, when I am only being myself. I don't understand why they find me so annoying but they do. It is pity, but that is how it is.

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I am always a beginner. I only try to include different parts of life; the pastoral, the tragic, et cetera.

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As a friendly one. I would still like to write concrete poems, but I can only do it sometimes.

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For me concrete poetry was a particular way of using language which came out of a particular feeling, and I don't have control over whether this feeling is in me or not.

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But I can only write what the muse allows me to write. I cannot choose, I can only do what I am given, and I feel pleased when I feel close to concrete poetry - still.

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But at the beginning it was clear to me that concrete poetry was peculiarly suited for using in public settings. This was my idea, but of course I never really much got the chance to do it.

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I am not a modern man, I am just a wee old fashioned one.

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No, I don't make my work in order to challenge or confuse other people's expectations - I only do what I find natural.

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I came to these mediums through having the garden, and of course, people who have designed gardens have always worked in collaboration, and never made their own inscriptions.

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My position is that since the non-secular status of my garden is not recognised by the law; by the world of the public, then the garden can only be private. So, I closed the garden to the public.

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Type: Poet

Born: October 28th, 1925

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