I'm Ensuring My Place In Heaven.

I Am A Vigilant Monarchist. I Want To See Things Evolve. The Direction The Monarchy Seems To Be Moving In - Towards A More Mainland-european Model - Is One I Would Feel Sympathetic About.

Poems Are A Hotline To Our Hearts, And We Forget This Emotional Power At Our Peril

But Wordsworth Is The Poet I Admire Above All Others.

Each Sudden Gust Of Light Explains Itself As Flames, But Neither They, Nor Even Bombs Redoubled On The Hills Tonight Can Quite Include Me In Their Fear.

While Also, Importantly, Not Wanting To Dumb It Down Or Pretend The Days Of 'difficult' Poetry Are Over, Because We Live In A Pluralist Culture And There's Room For 'difficult' Poetry Alongside Rap And Everything Else. And Poetry Won't Be For Everyone, But Everyone Should Have The Choice.