Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others.

Poetry is the deification of reality.

While also, importantly, not wanting to dumb it down or pretend the days of 'difficult' poetry are over, because we live in a pluralist culture and there's room for 'difficult' poetry alongside rap and everything else. And poetry won't be for everyone, but everyone should have the choice.

I'm not a great poetry fan.

I try to show what it is about language and music that enthralls, because I think those are the two elements of poetry.