But I can't and don't ever want to write bell-yanking confetti-tossing hat-throwing poems.

I don't want my poems to be sentimental, though I do acknowledge that sentiment is probably rather under-reported in a lot of people's feelings a lot of the time.

But I can't and don't ever want to write bell-yanking confetti-tossing hat-throwing poems.

I am a vigilant monarchist. I want to see things evolve. The direction the monarchy seems to be moving in - towards a more mainland-European model - is one I would feel sympathetic about.

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

Honor the miraculousness of the ordinary.

But Wordsworth is the poet I admire above all others.