My Prose Is Turgid, It Just Hasn't

Better Off Dead Than Giving In; Not Taking What You Want.

Having A Child Takes You Back To All Those Parts Of Your Own Childhood That You Had Hidden Away.

I Write Quite A Lot Of Sonnets, And I Think Of Them Almost As Prayers: Short And Memorable, Something You Can Recite.

I Am Always Pleased To Be Asked To Write A Poem.

I Have Piles Of Poetry Books In The Bathroom, On The Stairs, Everywhere. The Only Way To Write Poetry Is To Read It.