Words matter. These are the best Carol Ann Duffy Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I see the shape of the poem before I start writing, and the writing is just the process of arriving at the shape.
You can find poetry in your everyday life, your memory, in what people say on the bus, in the news, or just what’s in your heart.
I am always pleased to be asked to write a poem.
Poetry and prayer are very similar.
I write quite a lot of sonnets, and I think of them almost as prayers: short and memorable, something you can recite.
I still have a feeling that I haven’t written the best that I can write. I think all poets must feel this: that there is constantly something new to be discovered in the language. It’s like a thrilling encounter, and you can find things.
Edinburgh is my favourite city. We’ll be doing a lot of children’s theatre and galleries.
If I felt, in the event of a royal wedding, inspired to write about people coming together in marriage or civil partnership, I would just be grateful to have an idea for the poem. And if I didn’t, I’d ignore it.
I think the dangers are different now. Our abuse of the planet and our resources is an anxiety.
If we think of what’s up ahead, with climate change and wars over water, it’s very frightening.
My prose is turgid, it just hasn’t got any energy.
I think poetry can help children deal with the other subjects on the curriculum by enabling them to see a subject in a new way.
I always say that I’ll have a go and see whether the poem works and if it does, then fine.
I have piles of poetry books in the bathroom, on the stairs, everywhere. The only way to write poetry is to read it.
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.
I like to think that I’m a sort of poet for our times.
Christmas is taken very seriously in this household. I believe in Father Christmas, and there’s no way I’d do anything to undermine that belief.
