When I was asked to be Writer in Residence at Edinburgh I thought, you can't teach poetry. This is ridiculous.
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It's like breathing in and out to me. It's like having a conversation with someone who isn't there. Because it has to be addressed to somebody - not a particular person, or very rarely.Norman MacCaig
And some poets are far better read off the page because they're very bad speakers. I'm thinking of one in particular whom I won't name, a good poet, and he reads in such a dry, boring way, your eyes start drooping.
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I don't think of myself all the time.
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When I talk of hearing a poet's voice speaking, I always think of it as in the presence of the man.
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The nineteenth century novels came from a time when there was no television and people had time to read novels in three volumes.
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And the second question, can poetry be taught? I didn't think so.
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