Goodreads asked Adriano Bulla:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Adriano Bulla 'Queer Poems' came about a bit by chance. I need to go back to poetry every now and then; to start with, because poetry requires very intense and extremely original use of language, it's the best training ground for any other form of writing, but it's also a bit like going back home for me.

The first poems were inspired by paintings, for example 'Shadow Whisper' and Kamille Freske's monotype. Originally, I wanted to write a series of poems all inspired by paintings with a very talented young poetess, Annie Hayter, but she's very busy at the moment, so, we'll do it later.

One day, Robert Dunbar asked me what I was doing with my time, and told him I was pottering with poetry, and started reading his novel, Willy, at the same time. As I was reading his novel, the idea of symmetrical realities came to me, and the pottering started becoming more like gardening with a design...

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