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All those little strands going out into the outside world, I love it.

Tendrils. Frank, I'm going to start with some praise.

I love a tendril. I want to start with some praise.

I mean, I can read this because it's about you.

Are we okay with this? It's not praising the radio show.

It's praising another project.

That's fine. Frank has a method that cuts through the pretension

that can dog other teachings in poetry and go straight to the beauty.

1983, O-Level Warpoet syllabus could have been so different if taught this way.

Note, he did a similar thing on portrait artist.

Goodness. There you go.

That's a nice start to the day.

Who was that from? Malcolm Moggeridge.

Oh, dear Malcolm.

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