Yes, I do often write poems from the mind, but I hope I don't ignore feelings and emotions.

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Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly.

Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly.

I have always made my own rules, in poetry as in life - though I...

I have always made my own rules, in poetry as in life - though I...

Poets should ignore most criticism and get on with making poetry.

Poets should ignore most criticism and get on with making poetry.

I work very hard on all my poems, but most of the work consists of...

I work very hard on all my poems, but most of the work consists of...

I did know Ted Hughes and I partly wrote the book to explain to myself...

I did know Ted Hughes and I partly wrote the book to explain to myself...

I think a poet, like a painter, should be a craftsperson.

I think a poet, like a painter, should be a craftsperson.

I dislike literary jargon and never use it. Criticism has only one function and that...

I dislike literary jargon and never use it. Criticism has only one function and that...

I don't like poetry that just slaps violent words on a canvas, as it were.

I don't like poetry that just slaps violent words on a canvas, as it were.

I write, or used to write, to explain to myself situations I couldn't otherwise solve...

I write, or used to write, to explain to myself situations I couldn't otherwise solve...

There is far too much literary criticism of the wrong kind. That is why I...

There is far too much literary criticism of the wrong kind. That is why I...

My earlier poems were sadder than my poems are today, perhaps because I wrote them...

My earlier poems were sadder than my poems are today, perhaps because I wrote them...

When everything is for 'fun' nothing is for the good.

When everything is for 'fun' nothing is for the good.

I am now seventy, rather glad, really, that I won't live to see the horrors...

I am now seventy, rather glad, really, that I won't live to see the horrors...

Peter Lucas and I live in Durham but spend a great of time in North...

Peter Lucas and I live in Durham but spend a great of time in North...

I married a young Englishman in Cambridge in 1955 and have lived in Britain every...

I married a young Englishman in Cambridge in 1955 and have lived in Britain every...

I remain loyal to Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert in music and to Shakespeare and...

I remain loyal to Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert in music and to Shakespeare and...

The sea is as near as we come to another world.

The sea is as near as we come to another world.

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound,...

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound,...

There's no time like the present

There's no time like the present

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is God's gift, that's why we call...

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is God's gift, that's why we call...