For whatever reason, people, including very well-educated people or people otherwise interested in reading, do not read poetry. – Paul Muldoon

The other side of it is that, despite all that, people reach out to poetry at the key moments in their lives. – Paul Muldoon

Thats one of the great things about poetry one realises that one does ones little turn – that youre just part of the great crop, as it were. – Paul Muldoon