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Poets deal in writing about feelings and trying to find the language and images for intense feelings.
Carol Ann Duffy
Feelings
Language
Poets
Trying
Writing
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
Life
Light
Living
Treasure
I still read Donne, particularly his love poems.
Carol Ann Duffy
Love
Poems
Poetry and prayer are very similar.
Carol Ann Duffy
Poetry
Prayer
My prose is turgid, it just hasn't got any energy.
Carol Ann Duffy
Energy
Prose
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
Truth
Beginning
Trying
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
Women
Poetry
Fiction
I write in that space between Ella's childhood and mine. I know it all sounds a bit sinister.
Carol Ann Duffy
Childhood
Space
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
Father
Belief
Christmas
I'll be left writing picture books and fairy tales.
Carol Ann Duffy
Books
Writing
I think the dangers are different now. Our abuse of the planet and our resources is an anxiety.
Carol Ann Duffy
Abuse
Anxiety
Now
Every day is a gift with a child, no matter what problems you have.
Carol Ann Duffy
Day
Problems
Edinburgh is my favourite city. We'll be doing a lot of children's theatre and galleries.
Carol Ann Duffy
Children
Theatre
Between 9am and 3pm is when I work most intensely.
Carol Ann Duffy
Work