When I Go Fishing I

When I Talk Of Hearing A Poet's Voice Speaking, I Always Think Of It As In The Presence Of The Man.

It's Like Breathing In And Out To Me. It's Like Having A Conversation With Someone Who Isn't There. Because It Has To Be Addressed To Somebody - Not A Particular Person, Or Very Rarely.

Well, I Love Fishing. I Wouldn't Kill A Fly Myself But I've No Hesitation In Killing A Fish. A Lot Of Men Are Like That. No Bother. Out You Come. Thump. And That's Not The Only Reason.

But I Hang On To Books. I Love Them. I Even Think They're Very Nice Decor In A Room - Far Better Than Paintings... That's Not Quite True!

A Terrible Thing About Getting Oldish Is That Your Friends Start Dying, And In The Last Ten Years I Have Lost Seven Or Eight Of My Closest.