His words were the same to all. If I can become a poet, so can you. You can find ideas anywhere. Make sure you are saying exactly what you mean to say. If you don t, you ll confuse your reader.
Punctuation is critical and carries a lot of weight.
Writing is hard work, he stressed. It may take as long as three months to get even a short poem exactly right. Such long days. Yet he has been totally accommodating. Rice said he will return home to Belfast weary but hopeful that he has been able to help others with their writing, and that he has been a good cultural ambassador for Ireland.