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

I like to use simple words, but in a complicated way.

Auden said poetry makes nothing happen. But I wonder if the opposite could be true. It could make something happen.

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

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

I have piles of poetry books in the bathroom, on the stairs, everywhere. The only way to write poetry is to read it.

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.