Operation: Occupation By Jules Willocks

Hi Gavin,

What’s the background to this poem? I did a quick web search but nothing came up.

All the best,

Iain

Jules Willocks is a poet here in London. I met him back in 1990 and have always found him inspirational.

A lot of his work is of course the poets' staple lost-love, but he has this anger about him which lifts his work to a different level in my opinion.

I put this one up here because I think it addresses an issue that I have spoken about before which is the need to decide beforehand what you would do in a specific  situation. Too many people fall back on the old cliche of 'You never know what you would do' and while that is to a high degree true, it hugely oversimplifies the issues involved,  (as do all, cliches).

Far better to have a plan that goes out the window, than not to have a plan in the first place, opting instead to simply hope it never happens.

Gavin Mulholland wrote:

I put this one up here because I think it addresses an issue that I have spoken about before which is the need to decide beforehand what you would do in a specific  situation. Too many people fall back on the old cliché of 'You never know what you would do' and while that is to a high degree true, it hugely oversimplifies the issues involved,  (as do all, clichés).

Far better to have a plan that goes out the window, than not to have a plan in the first place, opting instead to simply hope it never happens.

I like it! Do you have a link to a book or a website that includes other work from him?

Many thanks,

Iain

Once again, I'm afraid not.

I think I must like these troubled poets who 'shun the very commercial prostitution' which could put them on the map...