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.

You can find poetry in your everyday life, your memory, in what people say on the bus, in the news, or just what's in your heart.

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

You have me like a drawing, erased, coloured in, untitled, signed by your tongue.

I think the dangers are different now. Our abuse of the planet and our resources is an anxiety.

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

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