The Poets Whom I Knew Then Were

Those Who Try To Obliterate The Past Are Injuring The Present.

When You Are Young You Don't Always Realise How Full Of Doubts Everybody Is.

We Are Creatures Of Story.

The Human Longing For Story Is So Powerful, So Primitive, That It Seems Like Something Not Learned, But Locked Into Our Genes.

Writing Poetry Makes You Intensely Conscious Of How Words Sound, Both Aloud And Inside The Head Of The Reader. You Learn The Weight Of Words And How They Sound To The Ear.