“Poets should ignore most criticism and get on with making poetry.”
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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.
Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly.
A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties.
I'm not really quiet or shy. Ask any of my friends! But I always ground my poetry in life itself. Poetry is an art of language, though, so I am always aware of every word's meaning, or multiple meanings.