The best poems come from the world, go through the poet, and go back in to the world. Paul Muldoon backpoempoet Change image and share on social
The best thing anybody has ever done is to advise me against publishing a poem that shows me at less than my best, such as it is. That's the kind of advice most of us resist but really should relish. Paul Muldoon adviceadvisekind Change image and share on social
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
Obviously one of the things that poets from Northern Ireland and beyond - had to try to make sense of was what was happening on a day-to-day political level. Paul Muldoon dayhappenireland Change image and share on social
For whatever reason, people, including very well-educated people or people otherwise interested in reading, do not read poetry. Paul Muldoon educateincludeinterest Change image and share on social
I do believe that we've a responsibility to try to acknowledge the range, both geographic and graphic, of what's happening in poetry in English. I'm interested in poems that are first-rate. After that, I'm not too concerned if they come from Queens or Queensland. Paul Muldoon acknowledgeconcernenglish share on social
At high school, instead of the weekly essay, I would write a poem, and the teacher accepted that. The impulse was one of laziness, I'm certain. Poems were shorter than essays. Paul Muldoon acceptessayhigh Change image and share on social
The other side of it is that, despite all that, people reach out to poetry at the key moments in their lives. Paul Muldoon keylivemoment Change image and 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
I think poetry, rather than suffering, is more and more sufficient to the needs of our society. It's one of the reasons so much of it is, for want of a better term, 'surreal.' Paul Muldoon poetryreasonsociety Change image and share on social
