John Siddique the Royal Literary Fund Fellow at York St John University gave a lecture today which I found fascinating. As a student at York St John I feel honoured to have such a prolific poet in residence and I have spoken to him at events in the university. The first time I met Siddique I remember having a debate about Palahnuik’s Fight Club and I argued that the novel was better than the film and he argued the opposite case. I immediately felt like he had a large knowledge of literature and poetry.
In today’s lecture Siddique said something that really inspired me: “Poetry is meant to be read aloud.” This statement really encouraged me to perform my poetry and to gain a voice as a poet. Therefore I am very thankful for his lecture.
