Carol Ann Duffy Quotes

Poetry and prayer are very similar.
Carol Ann Duffy

Poetry, Prayer, Similar

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

Writing, Feelings, Trying

The moment of inspiration can come from memory, or language, or the imagination, or experience - anything that makes an impression forcibly enough for language to form.
Carol Ann Duffy

Experience, Enough, Moment

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.
Carol Ann Duffy

Feeling, Saying, Less

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.
Carol Ann Duffy

Deep, Play, Young

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.
Carol Ann Duffy

Life, Someone, Living

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.
Carol Ann Duffy

Life, Poetry, Heart

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Poet

Born: December 23, 1955

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