I write quite a lot of sonnets, and I think of them almost as prayers: short and memorable, something you can recite.

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It's always good when women win things in fiction because it tends to be more male-dominated, unlike poetry, which is more equal.

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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.

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Christmas is taken very seriously in this household. I believe in Father Christmas, and there's no way I'd do anything to undermine that belief.

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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.

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