John Cooper Clarke shot to prominence in the 1970s as the original ‘People’s Poet,' bringing his unique style of prose to the stage as he opened for internationally renowned musical acts of the punk and post-punk era. With its maltiness and fruity esters lingering behind quintessential English hops, in much the same way as the bard's wisdom lurks beneath his whimsical wordplay, Mad Poet is a doff of the cap towards one of England's most influential wordsmiths.