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Carol Ann Duffy quotes: I'll be left writing picture books and fairy tales. I'll be left writing picture books and fairy tales.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: 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. 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 quotes: If we think of what's up ahead, with climate change and wars over water, it's very frightening. If we think of what's up ahead, with climate change and wars over water, it's very frightening.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: The stars are filming us for no one. The stars are filming us for no one.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: The poem is the literary form of the 21st century. It's able to connect young people in a deep way to language ... it's language as play. The poem is the literary form of the 21st century. It's able to connect young people in a deep way to language ... it's language as play.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: What do I haveto help me, without spell or prayer,endure this hour, endless, heartless, anonymous,the death of love? What do I haveto help me, without spell or prayer,endure this hour, endless, heartless, anonymous,the death of love?
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: I think the dangers are different now. Our abuse of the planet and our resources is an anxiety. I think the dangers are different now. Our abuse of the planet and our resources is an anxiety.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: It is a moon wrapped in brown paper. It is a moon wrapped in brown paper.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: You can find poetry in your everyday life, your memory, in what people say on the bus, in the news, or just what's in your heart. You can find poetry in your everyday life, your memory, in what people say on the bus, in the news, or just what's in your heart.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: Auden said poetry makes nothing happen. But I wonder if the opposite could be true. It could make something happen. Auden said poetry makes nothing happen. But I wonder if the opposite could be true. It could make something happen.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Between 9am and 3pm is when I work most intensely. Between 9am and 3pm is when I work most intensely.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: I think of him in certain lights, dawn, late afternoon,... I think of him in certain lights, dawn, late afternoon,...
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: And here you come with a shield for a heartand a sword for a tongue And here you come
with a shield for a heart
and a sword for a tongue
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: I took an axeTo a willow to see how it wept. I took an axe to a salmonTo see how it leapt. I took an axe to the wolfAs he I took an axe
To a willow to see how it wept. I took an axe to a salmon
To see how it leapt. I took an axe to the wolf
As he slept.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: For me, poetry is the music of being human. And also a time machine by which we can travel to who we are and to who we will become. For me, poetry is the music of being human. And also a time machine by which we can travel to who we are and to who we will become.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: No jewel hold a candle to the cuckoo spit hung from the blade of grass at your ear. No chandelier see you better lit than here. No jewel hold a candle to the cuckoo spit hung from the blade of grass at your ear. No chandelier see you better lit than here.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: I always say that I'll have a go and see whether the poem works and if it does, then fine. I always say that I'll have a go and see whether the poem works and if it does, then fine.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: Every day is a gift with a child, no matter what problems you have. Every day is a gift with a child, no matter what problems you have.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: bees are the batteries of orchards, gardens, guard them. bees are the batteries of orchards, gardens, guard them.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: How would you prepare to die on a perfect April evening? How would you prepare to die on a perfect April evening?
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: Poets deal in writing about feelings and trying to find the language and images for intense feelings. Poets deal in writing about feelings and trying to find the language and images for intense feelings.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: I like to think that I'm a sort of poet for our times. I like to think that I'm a sort of poet for our times.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: Went to the Zoo, I said to Him- Something about that chimpanzee over there reminds me of you. Went to the Zoo, I said to Him- Something about that chimpanzee over there reminds me of you.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: I like to use simple words, but in a complicated way. I like to use simple words, but in a complicated way.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: My prose is turgid, it just hasn't got any energy. My prose is turgid, it just hasn't got any energy.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: It's always good when women win things in fiction because it tends to be more male-dominated, unlike poetry, which is more equal. 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 quotes: Better off dead than giving in; not taking what you want. Better off dead than giving in; not taking what you want.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: You have me like a drawing, erased, coloured in, untitled, signed by your tongue. You have me like a drawing, erased, coloured in, untitled, signed by your tongue.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: I see the shape of the poem before I start writing, and the writing is just the process of arriving at the shape. I see the shape of the poem before I start writing, and the writing is just the process of arriving at the shape.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: The Latin names of plants blur like belief. The Latin names of plants blur like belief.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: I write quite a lot of sonnets, and I think of them almost as prayers: short and memorable, something you can recite. 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 quotes: Edinburgh is my favourite city. We'll be doing a lot of children's theatre and galleries. Edinburgh is my favourite city. We'll be doing a lot of children's theatre and galleries.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: I have piles of poetry books in the bathroom, on the stairs, everywhere. The only way to write poetry is to read it. 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 quotes: Poetry, above all, is a series of intense moments - its power is not in narrative. I'm not dealing with facts, I'm dealing with emotion. Poetry, above all, is a series of intense moments - its power is not in narrative. I'm not dealing with facts, I'm dealing with emotion.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: What will you do now with the gift of your left life? What will you do now with the gift of your left life?
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: I write in that space between Ella's childhood and mine. I know it all sounds a bit sinister. I write in that space between Ella's childhood and mine. I know it all sounds a bit sinister.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: I always wanted a child. Being a mother is the central thing in my life. I always wanted a child. Being a mother is the central thing in my life.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: Poetry and prayer are very similar. Poetry and prayer are very similar.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: I still read Donne, particularly his love poems. I still read Donne, particularly his love poems.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: 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. 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 quotes: If poetry could truly tell it backwards, then it would. If poetry could truly tell it backwards, then it would.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: Having a child takes you back to all those parts of your own childhood that you had hidden away. Having a child takes you back to all those parts of your own childhood that you had hidden away.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: I am always pleased to be asked to write a poem. I am always pleased to be asked to write a poem.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: Love's language starts, stops, starts; the right words flowing or clotting in the heart. Love's language starts, stops, starts;
the right words flowing or clotting in the heart.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: Poets sing our human music for us. Poets sing our human music for us.
Carol Ann Duffy quotes: Time hates love, wants love poor,/but love spins gold, gold, gold from straw. Time hates love, wants love poor,/but love spins gold, gold, gold from straw.

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