Poetry, for me, is the answer to, 'How does one stay sane when private lives are being ransacked by public events?' It's… — Lisel Mueller Copy Share Image
The sensuality of desperate lives. Only poets talk like that. But poetry has never had an answer for anything. All it does… — Jean-Claude Izzo Copy Share Image
I am often asked why I started to write poetry. The answer is that my motivation sprang from a visceral need to… — Linton Kwesi Johnson Copy Share Image
