Top 32 Quotes by Carol Ann Duffy

The poem is the literary form of the 21st century. It's able to connect young people in a deep way to language... it's language as play.

The poem is a form of texting... it's the original text. It's a perfecting of a feeling in language - it's a way of saying more with less, just as texting is.

I think poetry can help children deal with the other subjects on the curriculum by enabling them to see a subject in a new way.

You can find poetry in your everyday life, your memory, in what people say on the bus, in the news, or just what's in your heart.

When you have a child, your previous life seems like someone else's. It's like living in a house and suddenly finding a room you didn't know was there, full of treasure and light.

Poetry and prayer are very similar.

Poets deal in writing about feelings and trying to find the language and images for intense feelings.

My prose is turgid, it just hasn't got any energy.

I still read Donne, particularly his love poems.

I am always pleased to be asked to write a poem.