卡罗尔·安·达菲（Carol Ann Duffy， 1955 – 至今 ）， 是英国诗人和剧作家。她是曼彻斯特都会大学当代诗歌教授，并于2009年5月被任命为桂冠诗人，任期至2019年。她是第一个女性，第一个苏格兰出生的诗人，第一个已知的担任这一职位的LGBT诗人。
英汉智慧语录 English and Chinese Brainy Quotes
I like to use simple words, but in a complicated way.
我喜欢用简单的词语，但是用复杂的方式表达。
For me, poetry is the music of being human. And also a time machine by which we can travel to who we are and to who we will become.
对我来说，诗歌是人类的音乐。也是一个时间机器，我们可以通过它旅行到我们是谁，我们将成为谁。
Poets deal in writing about feelings and trying to find the language and images for intense feelings.
诗人们描写感情，并努力为这种强烈的感情寻找语言和意象。
I grew up in a bookless house – my parents didn’t read poetry, so if I hadn’t had the chance to experience it at school I’d never have experienced it. But I loved English, and I was very lucky in that I had inspirational English teachers, Miss Scriven and Mr. Walker, and they liked us to learn poems by heart, which I found I loved doing.
我在一个没有书的家里长大——我的父母不读诗，所以如果我没有机会在学校体验诗歌，我永远也不会体验它。但我热爱英语，我非常幸运，因为我有鼓舞人心的英语老师，斯克里文小姐和沃克先生，他们喜欢我们背诵诗歌，我发现我喜欢这样做。
I still have a feeling that I haven’t written the best that I can write. I think all poets must feel this: that there is constantly something new to be discovered in the language. It’s like a thrilling encounter, and you can find things.
我仍然有一种感觉，我还没有尽我所能写出最好的作品。我想所有的诗人都有这样的感觉: 语言中总是有新的东西等着我们去发现。这就像一场惊心动魄的邂逅，你可以找到一些东西。
I have piles of poetry books in the bathroom, on the stairs, everywhere. The only way to write poetry is to read it.
我有成堆的诗集在浴室里，在楼梯上，到处都是。写诗的唯一方法就是读诗。
You can find poetry in your everyday life, your memory, in what people say on the bus, in the news, or just what’s in your heart.
你可以在你的日常生活中，在你的记忆中，在公共汽车上人们说的话中，在新闻中，或者只是在你的内心中，找到诗歌。
When you have a child, your previous life seems like someone else’s. It’s like living in a house and suddenly finding a room you didn’t know was there, full of treasure and light.
当你有了孩子，你以前的生活似乎是别人的。这就像住在一所房子里，突然发现在那里有一个你不知道的房间，充满了宝藏和光明。
