On the other hand, at some level the mass of unresolved issues in Northern Ireland does influence the fact that there are so many good writers in the place. Paul Muldoon factgoodhand Change image and share on social
Believe it or not, one of the first poets I was aware of was Yeats. I recited 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree' at a verse speaking competition when I was eight or nine. Paul Muldoon awarecompetitioninnisfree Change image and share on social
What I try to do is to go into a poem - and one writes them, of course, poem by poem - to go into each poem, first of all without having any sense whatsoever of where it's going to end up. Paul Muldoon endpoemsense Change image and share on social
I live in New Jersey now, which always gets a bad rap here and there, but I must say, I enjoy living here too. Paul Muldoon badenjoyjersey Change image and share on social
We simply have not kept in touch with poetry. Paul Muldoon poetrysimplytouch Change image and share on social
Frost isn't exactly despised but not enough people have worked out what a brilliant poet he was. Paul Muldoon brilliantdespisefrost Change image and share on social
Teaching regularly has made me an even more adept reader, I think. The kind of teaching I do is more like editing than anything else. The kind of editing book editors used to do before lunch. The kind of editing I used to do as a radio documentary maker. Paul Muldoon adeptbookdocumentary share on social
I read a lot of nineteenth-century French poetry. And Irish poetry from the ninth century on. Paul Muldoon centuryfrenchirish Change image and share on social
