I see the shape of the poem before I start writing, and the writing is just the process of arriving at the shape.

My prose is turgid, it just hasn't got any energy

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

I see the shape of the poem before I start writing, and the writing is just the process of arriving at the shape.

If we think of what's up ahead, with climate change and wars over water, it's very frightening.

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

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