Carol Ann Duffy: Likeness

Carol Ann Duffy is British writer and professor of contemporary poetry. Explore interesting quotes on likeness.
Carol Ann Duffy: 30 quotes0 likes

“I like to use simple words, but in a complicated way.”

Carol Ann Duffy

“Here.
It will blind you with tears
like a lover.
It will make your reflection
a wobbling photo of grief.”

Carol Ann Duffy

Valentine, from Mean Time (1993).

“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

Interviewed in The Guardian, December 4, 2005. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2005/dec/04/poetry.features

“There'll be what you might call a moment of inspiration – a way of seeing or feeling or remembering, an instance or a person that's made a large impression. Like the sand and the oyster, it's a creative irritant. In each poem, I'm trying to reveal a truth, so it can't have a fictional beginning”

Carol Ann Duffy

Interviewed in The Guardian, December 4, 2005.

“Light gatherer. You fell from a star
into my lap, the soft lamp at the bedside
mirrored in you,
and now you shine like a snowgirl,
a buttercup under a chin, the wide blue yonder
you squeal at and fly in.”

Carol Ann Duffy

The Light Gatherer, from Feminine Gospels (2002).

“Not a red rose or a satin heart.
I give you an onion.
It is a moon wrapped in brown paper.
It promises light
like the careful undressing of love…I am trying to be truthful.”

Carol Ann Duffy

Valentine, from Mean Time (1993).