{"id":63276,"date":"2022-12-07T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=63276"},"modified":"2023-10-11T09:45:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T08:45:03","slug":"poetry-gave-me-a-voice-i-didnt-know-i-had-back-then","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2022\/12\/07\/poetry-gave-me-a-voice-i-didnt-know-i-had-back-then\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Poetry gave me a voice I didn\u2019t know I had back then&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Local Cardiff poet David Hanlon on how putting pen to paper can really change your life<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/Fin23.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/Fin23.jpg 512w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/Fin23-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/Fin23-293x147.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/Fin23.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/Fin23.jpg 512w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/Fin23-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/Fin23-293x147.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">David Hanlon during his visit to London [Credit: David Hanlon]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Poetry is arguably one of the most revealing forms of art, which requires incredible strength, courage, and confidence to project onto a page for the world to read. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidHanlon13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">David Hanlon<\/a> admits that  poetry saved his life from a dark spiral into depression and coming to terms with his sexuality during his late 20s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David grew up on a council estate in Cardiff and was raised by a Celtic family in a community, he confesses, that wasn\u2019t a safe space to be openly gay. \u201cIt was really damaging, and I was bullied a lot in school, which contributed then to my depression,&#8221; 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he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He describes his first performance at the Mackintosh Sports Club as an anxious debut. \u201cI kind of can&#8217;t remember coming off stage, I was really nervous, I just walked past the audience and went straight outside for a cigarette.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Developing his confidence to perform became difficult due to the Covid-19 pandemic but after a series of performances, the Cardiff local is delighted with his progress. \u201cI think I&#8217;ve only read four or five times in the last couple of performances, but I feel more confident than I expected to be in such a short space of time.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>When something you&#8217;ve written has touched someone or helped them, that&#8217;s what keeps me going<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ideas take flight<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting his work published wasn\u2019t easy and after several setbacks and rude replies, David\u2019s perseverance finally paid off when <a href=\"https:\/\/animalheartpress.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Animal Heart Press<\/a> published his work in February 2020. \u201cIt was an amazing feat but also very scary because it does feel like your soul or your private life is being given to somebody, it\u2019s out there now.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/collections\/151109\/an-introduction-to-confessional-poetry\">Confessional writing<\/a> is a modern genre that taps into a poet&#8217;s life experience. 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His debut book <a href=\"https:\/\/animalheartpress.net\/spectrum-of-flight\/#:~:text=In%20his%20debut%20chapbook%2C%20Spectrum,resilience%20and%2C%20ultimately%2C%20recovery.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018Spectrums of Flight\u2019 <\/a>explores depression and sexuality, among other topics. \u201cA lot of the issues I talk about you\u2019d probably take to therapy, so I\u2019ve been able to work on those issues myself through poetry,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A career highlight while touring his book came in Liverpool when a father thanked David for giving his son the confidence to come out. \u201cWhen I heard that I thought it was the most amazing thing,\u201d he beamed, \u201cbecause that\u2019s exactly the point of my book, I want to give people the strength to feel okay.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Watch David perform one of his personal favourite poems &#8216;Swimming Lessons&#8217; here: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure 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