“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
“For me the form, the stanzaic shape, is an endorsement, proof that I'm engaged with the Latin or Greek at an original level, that my versions are explorations.” FormLevelsShapesOriginalsProofVersionsGreekEngagedLatinExplorationEndorsements Author:Michael Longley
