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If I were to die thinking that I'd written three poems that people might read after me, I would feel that I hadn't lived in…

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I don't want my poems to be sentimental, though I do acknowledge that sentiment is probably rather under-reported in a lot of…
I'm also a great believer in the dream life; that while we're asleep, a deep subconscious connection is made about our profoundest…
Poems are a hotline to our hearts, and we forget this emotional power at our peril
But I can't and don't ever want to write bell-yanking confetti-tossing hat-throwing poems.
But in a lot of ways my poems are very conventional, and it's no big deal for me to write a poem…
But Wordsworth is the poet I admire above all others.
Each sudden gust of light explains itself as flames, but neither they, nor even bombs redoubled on the hills tonight can quite…
I am a vigilant monarchist. I want to see things evolve. The direction the monarchy seems to be moving in - towards…

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