Felix Dennis - multimillionaire, poet and killer?

You know what you don’t see very often? Poetry and modern advertising being combined.

Then again I’m in America and the poet that I am thinking of is in Britian. That may be the reason why the combination works. Or it could just be the wine. It’s free did I mention that.

Felix Dennis may not be a household name, and even less so in America, but he is popular in his circle. And with a promotion like Did I Mention the Free Wine? You have to believe that he is looking to expand his horizon far beyond.

Now I imagine you are thinking 2 things. Who is Felix Dennis, and is the wine really free or just a gimmick. Well to answer the second question first, yes the wine is free. So if you can travel back in time and cross the Atlantic you can get you buzz going along with a glass of the house red.

As for whom he is well that is the interesting bit. It is reported that he is a multi-millionaire, thus there is no problem with getting the drinks on him. He is also reported to be a philanthropist (not because of all the free drinks that he purchases at his readings), and a magazine magnate – where did you think the money came from? Poetry?

Yet, like all artists there is a bit of darkness that follows Dennis, maybe. It’s not his poetry tour for his collection Homeless In The Heart, but an admission that he made. Now the claim is that he was pissed at the time, bitter and twisted as it were, but who knows. All that can be said is that in April he stated to a journalist that he killed a man, and later recanted.

This is unusual fare for a poet, but so is being rich. Did he really kill someone? Is it just another publicity gimmick like buying your wine at his tour stops? Only Dennis knows for sure. But I bet you are more interested in his poetry now.

And there is the magazine magnate sticking out.