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Carol Ann Duffy quotes about thinking

British Poet December 23, 1955

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TEA I like pouring your tea, lifting the heavy pot, and tipping it up, so the fragrant liquid streams in your china cup. Or when you’re away, or at work, I like to think of your cupped hands as you sip, as you sip, of the faint half-smile of your lips. I like the questions – sugar? – milk? – and the answers I don’t know by heart, yet, for I see your soul in your eyes, and I forget. Jasmine, Gunpowder, Assam, Earl Grey, Ceylon, I love tea’s names. Which tea would you like? I say but it’s... Carol Ann Duffy
I still have a feeling that I haven't written the best that I can write. I think all poets must feel this: that there is constantly something new to be discovered in the language. It's like a thrilling encounter, and you can find things. Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy quote: "I write quite a lot of sonnets, and I think of them almost as..."
I write quite a lot of sonnets, and I think of them almost as prayers: short and memorable, something you can recite. Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy quote: "If we think of what's up ahead, with climate change and wars..."
If we think of what's up ahead, with climate change and wars over water, it's very frightening. Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy quote: "I like to think that I'm a sort of poet for our times."
I like to think that I'm a sort of poet for our times. Carol Ann Duffy
I like pouring your tea, liftingthe heavy pot, and tipping it up, so the fragrant liquid steams in your china cup. Or when you're away or at work, I like to think of your cupped hands as you sip, as you sip, of the faint half-smile of your lips. Carol Ann Duffy
I think poetry can help children deal with the other subjects on the curriculum by enabling them to see a subject in a new way. Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy quote: "I think the dangers are different now. Our abuse of the planet..."
I think the dangers are different now. Our abuse of the planet and our resources is an anxiety. Carol Ann Duffy

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