
Synopsis
John Cooper Clarke may have an honorary doctorate and a poem on the English Literature GCSE syllabus, but donāt let that fool you: the āPoet Laureate of Punkā is still a bona fide iconoclast. In Have It, a collection of scathing new poems, the Bard of Salford puts his pen to work across a host of painfully funny critiques of modern life.
Praise for John Cooper Clarke:
āA rhymer to be reckoned with . . . with a panache contemporary poets should aspire to and respectā ā The Sunday Times
āJohn Cooper Clarke uses words like Chuck Berry uses guitar riffs melody and anger, humour and disdain in equal measure. Heās the real deal, really funny and really caustic, the velvet voice of discontentā ā Kate Moss
āJohn Cooper Clarke is one of Britainās outstanding poets. His anarchic punk poetry has thrilled people for decades . . . long may his slender frame and spiky top produce words and deeds that keep us on our toes and alive to the wonders of the worldā ā Sir Paul McCartney
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A big-hearted poet of boundless humour and unmistakable style
A rhymer to be reckoned with . . . with a panache contemporary poets should aspire to and respect
A primordial gift for language
I say to people, āHave you heard of John Cooper Clarke?ā and if they say, āYes, yeah heās an absolute geniusā and you just go, āOh ā OK, youāve saved me a lot of time"






















