“I don't know where the shape of a poem comes from. I certainly don't impose it. I write out of a jumble of emotions and vague notions and scraps of knowledge. At some stage a form or, rather, a shape mysteriously emerges.” KnowsWritingFormEmotionStageShapesNotionVagueScrap Author:Michael Longley
“I work hard to make the poems as good as they can be, and if they're not good enough I scrap them. I find it difficult after a gap of a few years to tinker - I'm more likely to destroy.” IfsYearsHardEnoughDifficultHard WorkGood EnoughGapsScrapNot Good Enough Author:Michael Longley
