DOUGLAS DUNN

I've always liked Muir without knowing quite why.

I've always thought my poems told stories.

A poem can have an impact, but you can't expect an audience to understand all the nuances.

A poet's cultural baggage and erudition can interfere with a poem.

Reading a poem aloud to an audience is gestural as much as precise.

The negative aspects of Scottish Nationalism are a kind of aggressive complacency, that sort of boasting; but that's an expression of insecurity, I think, of a lack of confidence.

Reading a poem aloud to an audience is gestural as much as precise.

A poet's cultural baggage and erudition can interfere with a poem.

The negative aspects of Scottish Nationalism are a kind of aggressive complacency, that sort of boasting; but that's an expression of insecurity, I think, of a lack of confidence.

A poem can have an impact, but you can't expect an audience to understand all the nuances.

I've always thought my poems told stories.

I've always liked Muir without knowing quite why.