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"I wish the word whimsical wasn't used now."
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"Yes, you can feel very alone as a poet and you sometimes think, is it worth it? Is it worth carrying on? But because there were other poets, you became part of a scene. Even though they were very different writers, it made it easier because you were together."


"We shouldn't have got married, really. Shouldn't have got married. Too young. Not ready for it."


"I was put off by people at school - my cabbage wasn't as good as other people's, you know, so that put me off."


"Whereas with poetry no one has to show anybody really, and you don't have to tell anyone you're doing it."


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