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Ask the Poet
- What kind of poems and stories do you write?
- When did you start writing poems?
- Where do you get your ideas from?
- How important is the look of a poem on the page?
- When you finish writing a book of poems, what happens next?
- How long does it take you to write a poem?
- Where do you write?
- Does music play a part in your writing?
- Do you write with a particular reader in mind?
- I'd like to be a writer, what should I do?
- What's your favourite of the poems you've written?
- What do you like doing when you're not writing?
