“A sense of astonishment at the power of language has never really gone away for me. I am constantly reminded of just what an incredible tool language is; the greatest invention by human beings. Imagine if somebody had invented language last week, how much they'd be trying to charge you for a subscription!”
“I've always maintained that, as a poet, one of the privileges is that you don't have to say the first thing that comes into your head. We retain the right to think about things and reply later.”
“In writing about blossom, I've felt a sense of transience and impermanence. I think there are some life lessons that we can learn through looking at how nature functions.”…
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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2024