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Poet and poetry facilitator. Pushcart Prize nominated. Co-founder of the Leaping Word Poetry Consultancy, which provides advice for poets on writing, editing and publishing, as well as qualified counselling support for those exploring personal issues in their work - https://theleapingword.com. My sixth poetry collection, Love the Albatross, is now available from Indigo Dreams or directly from me.

Saturday, 26 May 2012

The Rather Surprising Right Honourable Edmund Burke, PC MP

The Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist, philosopher, Whig MP for Bristol from 1774 to 1780, Member of the Privy Council, supporter of Catholic Emancipation, opponent of capital punishment and the pillorying of homosexuals, and 1784 World Yo-Yo Champion (Artistic Performance - Freestyle). 


Post Script: 19th May 2023

Having retired as undefeated yo-yo champion of the world, Edmund Burke drops the mic ...





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