Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy
Dame Carol Ann Duffy DBE FRSLis a Scottish poet and playwright. She is Professor of Contemporary Poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University, and was appointed Britain's Poet Laureate in May 2009. She is the first woman, the first Scot, and the first openly LGBT person to hold the position...
children matter no-matter-what
Every day is a gift with a child, no matter what problems you have
prayer
Poetry and prayer are very similar
thinking anxiety abuse
I think the dangers are different now. Our abuse of the planet and our resources is an anxiety
his-love love-poems donne
I still read Donne, particularly his love poems
moon paper brown
It is a moon wrapped in brown paper.
grateful writing royal-wedding
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.
oysters creative trying
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.
children thinking enabling
I think poetry can help children deal with the other subjects on the curriculum by enabling them to see a subject in a new way.
stars
The stars are filming us for no one.
prayer ice sea
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.
drawing tongue
You have me like a drawing, erased, coloured in, untitled, signed by your tongue.
giving better-off-dead want
Better off dead than giving in; not taking what you want.
book writing way
I have piles of poetry books in the bathroom, on the stairs, everywhere. The only way to write poetry is to read it.
memories heart people
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.