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Carol Ann Duffy
British
Poet
About the author
Between 9am and 3pm is when I work most intensely.
Carol Ann Duffy,
British
Poet
#Work
I write quite a lot of sonnets, and I think of them almost as prayers: short and memorable, something you can recite.
Carol Ann Duffy,
British
Poet
Edinburgh is my favourite city. We'll be doing a lot of children's theatre and galleries.
Carol Ann Duffy,
British
Poet
#Children
#Theatre
Every day is a gift with a child, no matter what problems you have.
Carol Ann Duffy,
British
Poet
#Problems
#Day
I think the dangers are different now. Our abuse of the planet and our resources is an anxiety.
Carol Ann Duffy,
British
Poet
#Now
#Abuse
#Anxiety
I'll be left writing picture books and fairy tales.
Carol Ann Duffy,
British
Poet
#Writing
#Books
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.
Carol Ann Duffy,
British
Poet
#Belief
#Father
#Christmas
I write in that space between Ella's childhood and mine. I know it all sounds a bit sinister.
Carol Ann Duffy,
British
Poet
#Childhood
#Space
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,
British
Poet
#Poetry
#Women
#Fiction
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.
Carol Ann Duffy,
British
Poet
#Trying
#Truth
#Beginning
My prose is turgid, it just hasn't got any energy.
Carol Ann Duffy,
British
Poet
#Prose
#Energy
Poetry and prayer are very similar.
Carol Ann Duffy,
British
Poet
#Poetry
#Prayer
I still read Donne, particularly his love poems.
Carol Ann Duffy,
British
Poet
#Love
#Poems
When you have a child, your previous life seems like someone else's. It's like living in a house and suddenly finding a room you didn't know was there, full of treasure and light.
Carol Ann Duffy,
British
Poet
#Life
#Light
#Living
#Treasure
Poets deal in writing about feelings and trying to find the language and images for intense feelings.
Carol Ann Duffy,
British
Poet
#Writing
#Language
#Trying
#Poets
#Feelings