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Andrew Motion Quotes

English - Poet | October 26, 1952 -

I'm an early bird, partly because I like to have some quiet time and partly because by 9am emails begin arriving, the phone starts ringing and I have dragons to kill of one sort or another.

Time Bird Early Phone Quiet Begin

If people connect me with the Romantics in general, they probably connect me most with Keats. But Wordsworth is the poet I admire above all others.

People Me Admire Others Poet Above

Pretty much every weekend, my wife and I have the shall-we-live-in-the-country conversation. I suppose it's something to do with getting older and feeling I want to shed some of the things I've been doing for the last 20 years and go back to my roots.

Wife Getting Older Roots Doing Back

Each sudden gust of light explains itself as flames, but neither they, nor even bombs redoubled on the hills tonight can quite include me in their fear.

Fear Light Me Hills Even Tonight

I've found a different way to scent the air: already it's a by-word for despair.

Way Scent Air Despair Different

You see the names of places roundabout? They're mine now, and I've turned them inside out.

You Now Places Inside See Out

These places, and the ancient things you know, You won't know soon. I'm working on it now.'

You Know Now Places Things Ancient

Those who say we should dismantle the role of Poet Laureate altogether, the trick they miss is that being called this thing, with the weight of tradition behind it, and with the association of the Royal family, does allow you to have conversations and to open doors, and wallets, for the good of poetry in a way that nothing else would allow.

Family Good Poetry Doors You Royal

But Wordsworth is the poet I admire above all others.

Admire Others Poet Above Wordsworth

Keats writes better about poems than anybody I've ever read. The things that he says about what he wants his own poems to be are the ideals that I share.

Better Own Things Share Than He

I don't want my poems to be sentimental, though I do acknowledge that sentiment is probably rather under-reported in a lot of people's feelings a lot of the time.

Time People Feelings Want Rather

I want to write poems which are very emotional, but I would have some hesitation in saying I want to write poems which are sentimental.

Saying Want Write Emotional Would

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