I dislike literary jargon and never use it. Criticism has only one function...
I'm not really quiet or shy. Ask any of my friends! But I always ground my...
I have always made my own rules in poetry as in life - though I have tried...
I don't like poetry that just slaps violent words on a canvas as it were.
Each word bears its weight so you have to read my poems quite slowly.
A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and...
I did know Ted Hughes and I partly wrote the book to explain to myself and...
Yes I do often write poems from the mind but I hope I don't ignore feelings...
He fertilizes a phrase or a line of poetry for weeks and then gives birth to...
Poetry asks people to have values form opinions care about some other part...
For there is a sound reasoning upon all flowers. For flowers are peculiarly...
I don't know a better preparation for life than a love of poetry and a good...
All good poetry is forged slowly and patiently link by link with sweat and...
I didn't want to deal in poetry. I got rid of that after a few months.
Some say they see poetry in my paintings I see only science.
There's a sense of aliveness that comes from connection shared experience. And you see it in every place. You see it when ball players jump up and down gather at home plate hugging and it's not just because they're winning it's that shared moment that feeling of - we enter the world alone we leave alone.