Poets deal in writing about feelings and trying to find the language and images for intense feelings. Carol Ann Duffy More Quotes by Carol Ann Duffy More Quotes From Carol Ann Duffy I think the dangers are different now. Our abuse of the planet and our resources is an anxiety. Carol Ann Duffy abuse anxiety thinking I have piles of poetry books in the bathroom, on the stairs, everywhere. The only way to write poetry is to read it. Carol Ann Duffy writing book way 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. Carol Ann Duffy enabling children thinking My prose is turgid, it just hasn't got any energy Carol Ann Duffy prose energy She stood upon a continent of ice, which sparkled between sea and sky, endless and dazzling, as though the world kept all its treasure there; a scale which balanced poetry and prayer. Carol Ann Duffy prayer sea sky It's always good when women win things in fiction because it tends to be more male-dominated, unlike poetry, which is more equal Carol Ann Duffy males winning fiction Poets sing our human music for us. Carol Ann Duffy poet humans I always wanted a child. Being a mother is the central thing in my life. Carol Ann Duffy being-a-mother mother children Time hates love, wants love poor,/but love spins gold, gold, gold from straw. Carol Ann Duffy hate gold want The moment of inspiration can come from memory, or language, or the imagination, or experience - anything that makes an impression forcibly enough for language to form. Carol Ann Duffy inspiration imagination memories Between 9am and 3pm is when I work most intensely Carol Ann Duffy Where I lived - winter and hard earth.I sat in my cold stone roomchoosing tough words, granite, flint,to break the ice. My broken heart -I tried that, but it skimmed,flat, over the frozen lake.She came from a long, long way,but I saw her at last, walking,my daughter, my girl, across the fields,In bare feet, bringing all spring's flowersto her mother's house. I swearthe air softened and warmed as she moved,the blue sky smiling, none too soon,with the small shy mouth of a new moon. Carol Ann Duffy daughter girl mother I am always pleased to be asked to write a poem. Carol Ann Duffy poetry writing I'll be left writing picture books and fairy tales Carol Ann Duffy fairy-tale writing book Every day is a gift with a child, no matter what problems you have. Carol Ann Duffy problem matter children You have me like a drawing, erased, coloured in, untitled, signed by your tongue. Carol Ann Duffy tongue drawing I always say that I'll have a go and see whether the poem works and if it does, then fine. Carol Ann Duffy fine ifs doe 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. Carol Ann Duffy wedding grateful writing How would you prepare to die on a perfect April evening? Carol Ann Duffy april evening perfect Having a child takes you back to all those parts of your own childhood that you had hidden away. Carol Ann Duffy childhood children
