Hello friends! So, we've all heard of celebrity poetry: the good, the bad and the Gabbie, but what about poetry from celebrities or notable folks who are yet to find their inner Shakespeare or Angelou?
Who out there do you wish would publish a poetry book, and why? It could be anyone from sportsmen to singers, actors to astronauts.
For me, it would be Marc Bolan (who is no longer with us but many of his songs were pure poetry and I believe many of them were initially poems), Jack White (who is apparently a poet but is yet to publish any of his work. Why, I don't know. The man appears to have a million jobs and none of them involve poetry), and Pattie Smith, unless she has already. I haven't heard anything about Smith publishing a poetry book but she is one of my favourite writers of all time, so I'd love to read endless poems from her New York arthouse mind.
How about you?
This is probably not a surprise to anybody but Taylor Swift. She's released a couple of poems (at least one off the top of my head) in the booklets of extended versions of her albums but I think it would be amazing to read a collection of her poetry.
I think Bruce Springsteen would also pen an excellent collection. Two very different vibes but they're incredible lyricists.