“For whatever reason, people, including very well-educated people or people otherwise interested in reading, do not read poetry” PeopleWellsReasonReadingIncludingEducatedWell Educated Author:Paul Muldoon
“The ground swell is what’s going to sink you as well as being what buoys you up. These are clichés also, of course, and I’m sometimes interested in how much one can get away with.” WellsSometimesCoursesGet AwayClicheBuoys Author:Paul Muldoon
“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 political level.” TryingPoliticalLevelsPoetHappeningsMake SenseIrelandDay To DayNorthern Ireland Author:Paul Muldoon
“I was born in Northern Ireland in 1951. I lived most of my life there until 1986 or 1987” BornIrelandNorthern Ireland Author:Paul Muldoon
“I believe that these devices like repetition and rhyme are not artificial, that they're not imposed, somehow, on the language.” BelieveLanguageI BelieveDevicesArtificialRhymeRepetitionRhyming Author:Paul Muldoon
“On the other hand, at some level the mass of unresolved issues in Northern Ireland does influence the fact that there are so many good writers in the place.” DoeFactsHandsLevelsIssuesInfluenceMassIrelandGood WritersNorthern IrelandUnresolved Issues Author:Paul Muldoon
“I live in New Jersey now, which always gets a bad rap here and there, but I must say, I enjoy living here too” EnjoyRapJerseyHere And ThereNew Jersey Author:Paul Muldoon