Carol Ann Duffy Quotes

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Carol Ann Duffy

Profession : Poet

Birth : December 23, 1955

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

I always wanted a child. Being a mother is the central thing in my life.

Carol Ann Duffy

The poem is a form of texting... it's the original text. It's a perfecting of a feeling in language - it's a way of saying more with less, just as texting is.

Carol Ann Duffy

If we think of what's up ahead, with climate change and wars over water, it's very frightening.

Carol Ann Duffy

I always say that I'll have a go and see whether the poem works and if it does, then fine.

Carol Ann Duffy

Having a child takes you back to all those parts of your own childhood that you had hidden away.

Carol Ann Duffy

I still read Donne, particularly his love poems.

Carol Ann Duffy

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

I still have a feeling that I haven't written the best that I can write. 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

Edinburgh is my favourite city. We'll be doing a lot of children's theatre and galleries.

Carol Ann Duffy

I am always pleased to be asked to write a poem.

Carol Ann Duffy