Like the sand and the oyster, it's a creative irritant. In each poem, I'm trying to reveal a truth, so it can't have a fictional beginning.

For me, poetry is the music of being human. And also a time machine by which we can travel to who we are and to who we will become.

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.

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

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

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

I always wanted a child. Being a mother is the central thing in my life.