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.

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.

Every day is a gift with a child, no matter what problems you have.

I like to think that I'm a sort of poet for our times.

It's always good when women win things in fiction because it tends to be more male-dominated, unlike poetry, which is more equal

Better off dead than giving in; not taking what you want.

Time hates love, wants love poor,/but love spins gold, gold, gold from straw.