There's very little of the intentional about the business of writing poetry, as least as far as I can see..

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 politica….

The point of poetry is to be acutely discomforting, to prod and provoke, to poke us in the eye, to punch us in the nose, to knock us off our feet, to….

I do a lot of readings..

I'm sure 50 percent of television ads use rhyme.

I suppose for whatever reason I actively welcome being put down, something which perhaps goes back to my upbringing - that accusation of not being wo….

Last year I was a judge for a prize in England, the T.S. Eliot Prize, so I read everything that was published in England last year..