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Lemn Sissay: ‘I begin work trying to describe dawn in 140 characters’

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The author on poetic tweeting and finding poetry in the art of Tracey Emin and in the lyrics of Amy Winehouse and Adele

I wake at 5.25am. My alarm starts at 5.30am. It plays “Lovely Day” by Bill Withers. I check Facebook. I check Twitter. Then I have a twinge of self-hatred for checking Facebook and Twitter. But I am reaching for words, I tell myself.

These are unprecedented times for the author and reader. There are more written words flowing between us than at any other time, and I am part of a privileged generation who knew what it was like before the internet. I ponder this, and check Facebook again.

A pause between end & applause
To the Valkyries’ delight
A graceful bow from darkness
A standing ovation of light

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