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

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

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

Poetry and prayer are very similar.

I write quite a lot of sonnets, and I think of them almost as prayers: short and memorable, something you can recite.

Christmas is taken very seriously in this household. I believe in Father Christmas and there's no way I'd do anything to undermine that belief.

I still read Donne, particularly his love poems