Author: Paul Muldoon

Quotes

At high school, instead of the weekly essay, I would write a poem, and the teacher accepted that. The impulse was one of laziness, I'm certain. Poems were shorter than essays.

At high school, instead of the weekly essay, I would write a poem, and the teacher accepted that. The impulse was one of laziness, I'm certain. Poems were shorter than essays.

- Paul Muldoon

For whatever reason, people, including very well-educated people or people otherwise interested in reading, do not read poetry.

For whatever reason, people, including very well-educated people or people otherwise interested in reading, do not read poetry.

- Paul Muldoon

I was born in Northern Ireland in 1951. I lived most of my life there until 1986 or 1987.

I was born in Northern Ireland in 1951. I lived most of my life there until 1986 or 1987.

- Paul Muldoon

We simply have not kept in touch with poetry.

We simply have not kept in touch with poetry.

- Paul Muldoon

The other side of it is that, despite all that, people reach out to poetry at the key moments in their lives.

The other side of it is that, despite all that, people reach out to poetry at the key moments in their lives.

- Paul Muldoon

One will never again look at a birch tree, after the Robert Frost poem, in exactly the same way.

One will never again look at a birch tree, after the Robert Frost poem, in exactly the same way.

- Paul Muldoon

On the other hand, at some level the mass of unresolved issues in Northern Ireland does influence the fact that there are so many good writers in the place.

On the other hand, at some level the mass of unresolved issues in Northern Ireland does influence the fact that there are so many good writers in the place.

- Paul Muldoon

That's one of the great things about poetry; one realises that one does one's little turn - that you're just part of the great crop, as it were.

That's one of the great things about poetry; one realises that one does one's little turn - that you're just part of the great crop, as it were.

- Paul Muldoon

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