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I like poems where you don't really know whether to laugh or cry when you read them.

I love my funny poems, but I'd rather break your heart. And if I can do both in the same poem, that's the best.

Poetry is the hardest thing that there is. It fascinates me, so I want to write more of it.

I always say that I'll have a go and see whether the poem works and if it does, then fine.

I think my poems immediately come out of the sensuous and emotional experiences I have.

When I'm writing the poem, I feel like I have to close my eyes. I don't mean literally, but you invite a kind of blindness, and that's the birth of the poem.

Poetry: the best words in the best order.

Poetry at its best can do you a lot of harm.

Let the poets cry themselves to sleep, and all their tearful words will turn back into steam.