Every day is a gift with a child, no matter what problems you have.
Auden said poetry makes nothing happen. But I wonder if the opposite could be true. It could make something happen.
I think the dangers are different now. Our abuse of the planet and our resources is an anxiety.
My prose is turgid, it just hasn't got any energy.
I'll be left writing picture books and fairy tales.
Like the sand and the oyster, it's a creative irritant. In each poem, I'm trying to reveal a truth, so it can't have a fictional beginning.
Ketika Anda memiliki seorang anak, kehidupan Anda sebelumnya tampak seperti kehidupan orang lain. Ini seperti tinggal di sebuah rumah dan tiba-tiba menemukan sebuah ruangan yang Anda tidak tahu ada di sana, penuh dengan harta dan cahaya.
Having a child takes you back to all those parts of your own childhood that you had hidden away.
Seperti pasir dan tiram, itu adalah iritasi kreatif. Di setiap puisi, saya mencoba mengungkapkan kebenaran, sehingga tidak bisa memiliki awal fiksi.
I am always pleased to be asked to write a poem.
Poets deal in writing about feelings and trying to find the language and images for intense feelings.
I always say that I'll have a go and see whether the poem works and if it does, then fine.
Apa yang saya punya untuk membantu saya, tanpa mantra atau doa, Bertahanlah saat ini, tanpa akhir, tanpa perasaan, tanpa nama, kematian cinta?
Poetry and prayer are very similar.
I see the shape of the poem before I start writing, and the writing is just the process of arriving at the shape.
Puisi adalah bentuk sastra abad ke-21. Ini mampu menghubungkan orang-orang muda secara mendalam dengan bahasa... itu bahasa sebagai permainan.
It's always good when women win things in fiction because it tends to be more male-dominated, unlike poetry, which is more equal.
Between 9am and 3pm is when I work most intensely.
I write quite a lot of sonnets, and I think of them almost as prayers: short and memorable, something you can recite.
I always wanted a child. Being a mother is the central thing in my life.