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"Poetry and prayer are very similar."
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"You need a poetic touch from the outer space? Then you need the moonlight!"
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"I love writing poetry because it's pretty. I love writing pretty."
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"Good poetry does not exist merely for the sake of itself, but rather, is a byproduct of yearning and growth; great poetry canonizes that yearning for the growth of others."
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"The secret of poetry is never explained - is always new. We have not got farther than mere wonder at the delicacy of the touch, & the eternity it inherits. In every house a child that in mere play utters oracles, & knows not that they are such. 'Tis as easy as breath. 'Tis like this gravity, which holds the Universe together, & none knows what it is."
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"The poet knows that he speaks adequately, then, only when he speaks somewhat wildly."
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"A poet is not an inventor. A poet is a player that plays with words on the field of human imagination to excite a reader's mind with the colors of emotion."
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"Old wives keep in memory word of things that once were needful for the wise to know."
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"Five syllables," Apollo said, counting them on his fingers. "That would be real bad."
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"Amore is loveconfessed to you in haiku.Do you love me too?"
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"For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or humming."
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"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."
Truth
"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."
Life
"I write in that space between Ella's childhood and mine. I know it all sounds a bit sinister."
Family
"I'll be left writing picture books and fairy tales."
Books
"Edinburgh is my favourite city. We'll be doing a lot of children's theatre and galleries."
Family
"I still read Donne, particularly his love poems."
Love
"Every day is a gift with a child, no matter what problems you have."
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"It's always good when women win things in fiction because it tends to be more male-dominated, unlike poetry, which is more equal."
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"Poets deal in writing about feelings and trying to find the language and images for intense feelings."
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"Poetry and prayer are very similar."
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