I write between 5.30am and 9.00. That way, I hope I carry over something from my dream time.

But in a lot of ways my poems are very conventional, and it's no big deal for me to write a poem in either free verse or strict form; modern poets can, and do, do both.

I write between 5.30am and 9.00. That way, I hope I carry over something from my dream time.

Like a lot of people, for a long time I thought that the road to hell is paved with bad sequels.

Each sudden gust of light explains itself as flames, but neither they, nor even bombs redoubled on the hills tonight can quite include me in their fear.

I like eating out. I like buying beautiful paintings and being surrounded by beautiful things. I have to finance that life. I can barely afford a pension scheme because I don't make enough money.

I shall try to write a poem that is about the moment but doesn't betray things that are true to me as a poet.