This I love: the viaduct turns up, as do rivers and certain themes in your work on a regular basis, but they work for you. It's become almost a trademark; that said, I would trade it sometimes for stronger effect, but some of your best work is about this particular place.

hi chris- it's hard for me to not have certain places turn up repeatedly in my work because they have such a strong resonance with me but at the same time, i don't want them to turn up because i want something to be different and write about something new for fuck's sake and stop being so boring, you know? Because heartache etc is boring in some ways and unless you do it really well, which is hard, then you lose. As a poet, you lose. Although, that said, the key thing is to be understood and universal, i think. I don't know anymore. I wonder about many things - what I know, what i do know, is that poetry is meant to be read and read aloud. Because you have dubbed this one, I shall record an mp3 of it at some point and post it to the site.... it's the best of this particular lot. cheers, and be well, s.r.p.