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I like to give a voice to others, especially things neglected or despised.
I have friends who are very pessimistic. They say you can't possibly be an optimist nowadays. But I think, taking the longer view, you can still... →
People always say that Glasgow has had umpteen social problems but keeps finding ways of getting over its difficulties and transforming itself.... →
Poetry is partly sympathy, don't you think? If it's any good, it gets people to think about others' points of view.
I just discovered when I was, oh, 12 or 13, that I was very interested in language - and this showed itself as poetry. There was no looking back.
Translated poetry filled the no-man's-land between my own work and other writers', and I found this fascinating to explore.