My favourite part of teaching English was poetry – writing, learning and studying it. The pupils seemed to prefer it too. Even Dave Mania left school knowing bits of Macbeth by heart, which would serve him well in later life.
“Blood will have blood,” became a tattoo.
We did all kinds, high or low, rarefied or populist, Sappho or Beyoncé. We all knew the difference – which is why we can do without the latest smug musings in the august poetry journal PN Review from Rebecca Watts. She savages young female poets, like Kate Tempest, Hollie McNish and Rupi Kaur – all rather popular with our sixth forms.
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