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Pretty much the day I stopped being laureate, the poems that had been few and far between came back to me, like birds in the evening nesting in a tree.

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I want to write poems which are very emotional, but I would have some hesitation in saying I want to write poems which are sentimental.

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I wanted to reimagine the role, in a way that was respectful of its traditional responsibilities but made them part of a wider pattern of poetry about national incidents, events, preoccupations; and to spend a great deal of time going to schools trying to demystify poetry.

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April 21, 2024

I wanted to reimagine the role, in a way that was respectful of its traditional responsibilities but made them part of a wider pattern of poetry about national incidents, events, preoccupations; and to spend a great deal of time going to schools trying to demystify poetry.

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April 21, 2024

I want to write poems which are very emotional, but I would have some hesitation in saying I want to write poems which are sentimental.

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