I have learned so much from working with other poets, travelling and reading with them, spending days discussing poems in progress. There is the sense that we are all, as writers, part of something which is more powerful than any of us.
i wish i was away in Ingo far across the briny sea sailing over deepest waters where neither care nore worry trouble me - Helen Dunmore
i wish i was away in Ingo far across the briny sea sailing over deepest waters where neither care nore worry trouble me
- Helen Dunmore
For you where never my blood sister so no more shall I call you little sister - Helen Dunmore
For you where never my blood sister so no more shall I call you little sister
Writing poetry makes you intensely conscious of how words sound, both aloud and inside the head of the reader. You learn the weight of words and how … - Helen Dunmore
Writing poetry makes you intensely conscious of how words sound, both aloud and inside the head of the reader. You learn the weight of words and how …
Finish the day's writing when you still want to continue. - Helen Dunmore
Finish the day's writing when you still want to continue.
The human longing for story is so powerful, so primitive, that it seems like something not learned, but locked into our genes. - Helen Dunmore
The human longing for story is so powerful, so primitive, that it seems like something not learned, but locked into our genes.
If the garden of Eden really exists it does so moment by moment, fragmented and tough, cropping up like a fan of buddleia high up in the gutter of a … - Helen Dunmore
If the garden of Eden really exists it does so moment by moment, fragmented and tough, cropping up like a fan of buddleia high up in the gutter of a …
A problem with a piece of writing often clarifies itself if you go for a long walk. - Helen Dunmore
A problem with a piece of writing often clarifies itself if you go for a long walk.
In a world without air all you breathe is adventure! - Helen Dunmore
In a world without air all you breathe is adventure!
Once one habit peels away the others follow it. You have to hold on, or the next thing you'll find yourself parading down the street in your nightdre… - Helen Dunmore
Once one habit peels away the others follow it. You have to hold on, or the next thing you'll find yourself parading down the street in your nightdre…
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