Anne Stevenson
  • Yes, I do often write poems from the mind, but I hope I don't ignore feelings and emotions.

  • I did know Ted Hughes and I partly wrote the book to explain to myself and others the complexities of a marriage that was for six years wonderfully productive of poetry and then ended in tragedy.

  • A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties.

  • Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly.

  • I did know Ted Hughes and I partly wrote the book to explain to myself and others the complexities of a marriage that was for six years wonderfully productive of poetry and then ended in tragedy.