To Whom It May Concern

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Adrian Mitchell reading "To Whom It May Concern" at the International Poetry Incarnation in Royal Albert Hall, London (1965).
From Peter Whitehead's "Wholly Communion"

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hi, I'm french and ... ( 1 year ago by redrum74)

hi, I'm french and I don't understand the end of the poem: "love is like a cigarette, the bigger..." and after ?

... the bigger the ... ( 1 year ago by stalburg)

... the bigger the drag the more you get.
:-)

Adrian Mitchell... ... ( 1 year ago by 72holly)

Adrian Mitchell...what a genius! Big respect

Just as powerful a ... ( 1 year ago by BDWong)

Just as powerful a poem and as affecting a reading as it was all those years ago. Adrian recently updated this poem to address the current state of affairs in Iraq. Well put in both cases! Five Stars.

First, it was a ... ( 1 year ago by drharveys)

First, it was a second poem tacked on to the end, not part of the first.
It's a play on words -- a drag on a cigarette is the pressure to suck down some smoke, and a when something "is a drag" it means it's takes a lot of effort to overcome resistance to get it done.

thank you ;) ( 1 year ago by redrum74)

thank you ;)

Was great to hear ... ( 1 year ago by ZELPHOR)

Was great to hear this again. This poem hangs on the wall at my folks house. My dad resigned from the USAF in 1964 as a protest aginst Viet-Nam. I have two brothers who served there. My oldest brother was a Marine who was in Laos in 1962, yes 1962! My other brother was there 1968-1970. We support our troops in Iraq, not the men who sent them there. Get active, protest this war. Write letters, start a discussion group. But get active. Iran could be the next Cambodia. Peace.

Saw him last night ... ( 6 months ago by weirdloopyloo)

Saw him last night at marxism, he still has it!

Great to see this ... ( 6 months ago by philipsmovies)

Great to see this again,i first heard it on BBC's The RocknRoll Years.I say: "Stab my heart with metal; Vandalize my pension; Smother my buttocks with Marmite; Tell me lies about Weapons of Mass Destruction!

... Adrian I love ... ( 5 months ago by miriamnabarro)

... Adrian I love you! wonderful to spot Alan Ginsberg listening so intently too.when will the time be when this poem need not be performed??? xm

Just heard the news ... ( 1 week ago by gaspode18)

Just heard the news and came here to pay tribute. Another good man gone and the world gets a little more mundane and average.

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