When I was asked to be Writer in Residence at Edinburgh I thought, you can't teach poetry. This is ridiculous.
I never think about poetry except when I'm writing it. I mean my poetry.
I'm very gregarious, but I love being in the hills on my own.
And if they haven't got poetry in them, there's nothing you can do that will produce it.
And the second question, can poetry be taught? I didn't think so.
I was very interested in American poetry for many years. Much less now.