When you have a child, your previous life seems like someone else's. It's like living in a house and suddenly finding a room you didn't know was there, full of treasure and light.

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

Poetry and prayer are very similar.

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

The stars are filming us for no one.

I'll be left writing picture books and fairy tales

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