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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Poets deal in writing about feelings and trying to find the language and images for intense feelings Picture Quote #1

What do I have to help me, without spell or prayer, endure this hour, endless, heartless, anonymous, the death of love? Picture Quote #1

I cannot say where you are. Unreachable by prayer, even if poems are prayers. Unseeable in the air, even if souls are stars Picture Quote #1

Not a red rose or a satin heart. I give you an onion. It is a moon wrapped in brown paper. It promises light like the careful undressing of love... I am trying to be truthful Picture Quote #1

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Somewhere on the other side of this wide night and the distance between us, I am thinking of you. The room is turning slowly away from the moon Picture Quote #1

She stood upon a continent of ice, which sparkled between sea and sky, endless and dazzling, as though the world kept all its treasure there; a scale which balanced poetry and prayer Picture Quote #1

Edinburgh is my favourite city. We’ll be doing a lot of children’s theatre and galleries Picture Quote #1

I think all poets must feel this: that there is constantly something new to be discovered in the language. It’s like a thrilling encounter, and you can find things Picture Quote #1

I see the shape of the poem before I start writing, and the writing is just the process of arriving at the shape Picture Quote #1

If I felt, in the event of a royal wedding, inspired to write about people coming together in marriage or civil partnership, I would just be grateful to have an idea for the poem. And if I didn't, I'd ignore it Picture Quote #1

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Having a child takes you back to all those parts of your own childhood that you had hidden away Picture Quote #1

If we think of what’s up ahead, with climate change and wars over water, it’s very frightening Picture Quote #1

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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) 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) Poets deal in writing about feelings and trying to find the language and images for intense feelings (Carol Ann Duffy Quotes) What do I have to help me, without spell or prayer, endure this hour, endless, heartless, anonymous, the death of love? (Carol Ann Duffy Quotes) I cannot say where you are. Unreachable by prayer, even if poems are prayers. Unseeable in the air, even if souls are stars (Carol Ann Duffy Quotes) Not a red rose or a satin heart. I give you an onion. It is a moon wrapped in brown paper. It promises light like the careful undressing of love... I am trying to be truthful (Carol Ann Duffy Quotes) Somewhere on the other side of this wide night and the distance between us, I am thinking of you. The room is turning slowly away from the moon (Carol Ann Duffy Quotes) She stood upon a continent of ice, which sparkled between sea and sky, endless and dazzling, as though the world kept all its treasure there; a scale which balanced poetry and prayer (Carol Ann Duffy Quotes) Edinburgh is my favourite city. We’ll be doing a lot of children’s theatre and galleries (Carol Ann Duffy Quotes) I think all poets must feel this: that there is constantly something new to be discovered in the language. It’s like a thrilling encounter, and you can find things (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 (Carol Ann Duffy Quotes) If I felt, in the event of a royal wedding, inspired to write about people coming together in marriage or civil partnership, I would just be grateful to have an idea for the poem. And if I didn't, I'd ignore it (Carol Ann Duffy Quotes) Having a child takes you back to all those parts of your own childhood that you had hidden away (Carol Ann Duffy Quotes) If we think of what’s up ahead, with climate change and wars over water, it’s very frightening (Carol Ann Duffy Quotes)

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