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...
Carol Ann Duffy quotes about
machines who-we-are being-human
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.
memories inspiration imagination
The moment of inspiration can come from memory, or language, or the imagination, or experience - anything that makes an impression forcibly enough for language to form.
his-love love-poems donne
I still read Donne, particularly his love poems
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.
left
What will you do now with the gift of your left life?
doe fine ifs
I always say that I'll have a go and see whether the poem works and if it does, then fine.
prayer memorable writing
I write quite a lot of sonnets, and I think of them almost as prayers: short and memorable, something you can recite.
edinburgh favourite theatre
Edinburgh is my favourite city. We'll be doing a lot of children's theatre and galleries.
simple way use
I like to use simple words, but in a complicated way.
writing feelings trying
Poets deal in writing about feelings and trying to find the language and images for intense feelings.
christmas father taken
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.
war thinking water
If we think of what's up ahead, with climate change and wars over water, it's very frightening.
energy prose
My prose is turgid, it just hasn't got any energy
book writing fairy-tale
I'll be left writing picture books and fairy tales