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Writing Quotes by Andrew Motion
- 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 in either free…
- I am writing more than I have ever done. My life has come back to me in the most extraordinary way.
- I get up at 5.30am, sluice myself and have two Weetabix and some mint tea, before starting to write by 6am.
- I shall try to write a poem that is about the moment but doesn't betray things that are true to me as a poet.
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