Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe is a poet too

LONDON - There’s more to Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe’s creative aspects than just acting, the teenage heartthrob is also a published poet, it has emerged.

Four poems written by the 19-year-old actor have been published in an underground fashion magazine, under the pen name Jacob Gershon.

Radcliffe’s pseudonym- Jacob Gershon- is a combination of his middle name, and the Jewish version of his mother’s maiden name, Gresham.

But the young star disclosed the secret in an interview with the Guardian.

“I didn’t want to publish it under my name. It’s the kind of thing I look back on and just think, ‘Ahhh!’” the Telegraph quoted Radcliffe as saying.

“As an actor, there is room for a certain amount of creativity, but you’re always ultimately going to be saying somebody else’s words.

“I don’t think I’d have the stamina, skill or ability to write a novel, but I’d love to write short stories and poetry, because those are my two passions. There is an art to a short story.

“I love Raymond Carver, and Chekhov - without making myself sound more highbrow than I am! When I don’t write in form and metre, I become unbearably self-indulgent. It’s what Robert Frost said: free verse is like playing tennis with the net down,” he added.

The verses are about infidelity, Pop Idol and Kate Moss’ former boyfriend- singer Pete Doherty.

The collection of his poems was published in November 2007 in Rubbish magazine-an annual publication with a circulation of 3,000, which describes itself as “a playful platform for fashionable people”. (ANI)