Carol Ann Duffy quote: Poetry, above all, is a series of intense moments - its power is not in narrative. I'm not dealing with ...

Poetry, above all, is a series of intense moments - its power is not in narrative. I'm not dealing with facts, I'm dealing with emotion.

~ Carol Ann Duffy ~

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