“A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties.”
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I have always made my own rules, in poetry as in life - though I have tried of late to cooperate more with my family. I do, however, believe that without order or pattern poetry is useless.
Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly.
I did know Ted Hughes and I partly wrote the book to explain to myself and others the complexities of a marriage that was for six years wonderfully productive of poetry and then ended in tragedy.
Yes, I do often write poems from the mind, but I hope I don't ignore feelings and emotions.