Poetry 1 May 2019 Two new poems by Joe Dunthorne “I decided to stop therapy” and “In Wordsworth’s house”. Hulton Archive/Getty Images Wordsworth’s house in Westmorland Sign UpGet the New Statesman\'s Morning Call email. Sign-up I decided to stop therapy because I was perfect. And how might your perfection appear to others? Classic my therapist, missing the point completely. In Wordsworth’s house a portrait of his concubine beside a printout of his famous poem in which the only decent lines that flash upon the inward eye / which is the bliss of solitude were written by his sister. Joe Dunthorne’s novels include Submarine and The Adulterants. His most recent collection of poems is O Positive (Faber & Faber). › The story of Jordan, punk’s poster girl This article appears in the 03 May 2019 issue of the New Statesman, A very British scandal