Great Regulars: "The poem is a form of texting . . .

it's the original text," says Carol Ann Duffy. "It's a perfecting of a feeling in language--it's a way of saying more with less, just as texting is. We've got to realise that the Facebook generation is the future--and, oddly enough, poetry is the perfect form for them. It's a kind of time capsule--it allows feelings and ideas to travel big distances in a very condensed form."

from Carol Ann Duffy: The Guardian: 'Poems are a form of texting'

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"I don't think of myself as an establishment figure. I just think of myself as a poet representing poetry," she says.

But some would argue it's local government cutting back on libraries, not the coalition government. "The cuts come from central government, don't they? So you have to go back to the original source of the cuts. I don't think it's fair to blame local government."

from Carol Ann Duffy: Manchester Evening News: 'Poems are the original text messages': Carol Ann Duffy on how to get children reading more poetry

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