Carol Ann Duffy

Between 9am and 3pm is when I work most intensely.

Auden said poetry makes nothing happen. But I wonder if the opposite could be true. It could make something happen.

I write in that space between Ella's childhood and mine. I know it all sounds a bit sinister.

Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.