The point of poetry is to be acutely discomforting, to prod and provoke, to poke us in the eye, to punch us in the nose, to knock us off our feet, to take our breath away. — Paul Muldoon Copy Share Image
It's not as if I'm trying to write crossword puzzles to which one might find an answer at the back of the book or… — Paul Muldoon Copy Share Image
Living at that pitch, on that edge, is something which many poets engage in to some extent. — Paul Muldoon Copy Share Image
If the poem has no obvious destination, there's a chance that we'll be all setting off on an interesting ride. — Paul Muldoon Copy Share Image
Form is a straitjacket in the way that a straitjacket was a straitjacket for Houdini, — Paul Muldoon Copy Share Image
The other side of it is that, despite all that, people reach out to poetry at the key moments in their lives. — Paul Muldoon Copy Share Image
One will never again look at a birch tree, after the Robert Frost poem, in exactly the same way. — Paul Muldoon Copy Share Image
That's one of the great things about poetry; one realises that one does one's little turn - that you're just part of the great… — Paul Muldoon Copy Share Image
There's very little of the intentional about the business of writing poetry, as least as far as I can see. — Paul Muldoon Copy Share Image
I suppose for whatever reason I actively welcome being put down, something which perhaps goes back to my upbringing - that accusation of not… — Paul Muldoon Copy Share Image
