I think somehow you need to get to a certain point in your life where the notion of failure is absurd.
The poem is sad because it wants to be yours and cannot be.
I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time...
There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people...
It would be a sad day if we British stopped being cynical, but you...
I have this absurd syndrome where I get these out-of-the-blue, pathetic...
It’s just rubbish.