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27 de feb. de 2017 · 7. ‘ To His Lost Lover ’. A beautiful poem of love and regret, ‘To His Lost Lover’ is taken from Armitage’s 1993 collection The Book of Matches. The poem features one of Armitage’s favourite devices – the list – which is used here to name all of the things the grieving lover never did for his lost beloved. For our money, this is ...
15 de nov. de 2011 · Poet and novelist Simon Armitage has been writing about Britain for decades now. In the latest in our National Conversations series of interviews, Armitage t...
Simon Armitage's first recording for The Poetry Archive was made on 12th July 2005 at the Audio Workshop, London, while his second was made at the Soundhouse, London on 28th July 2016. Both were produced by Richard Carrington. Simon Armitage reads his poem Lockdown to celebrate the launch of Poetry Archive Now!
21 de mar. de 2024 · Simon Armitage, Poet Laureate, brings new perspectives and energy to a timeless poetic subject. Blossomise celebrates the ecstatic arrival of spring blossom just as it acknowledges, too, its melancholy disappearance.Full of spirited leaps of imagination and language, the twenty-one poems hopscotch between intense momentary haikus that honour the Japanese traditions of the blossom festival and ...
11 de may. de 2019 · Poet Simon Armitage, whose "witty and profound" work spans sharp observations about modern life and classical myths, is to be the UK's next Poet Laureate. The West Yorkshire writer will hold the ...
Simon Armitage was born in 1963 in the village of Marsden and lives in West Yorkshire. He is a graduate of Portsmouth University, where he studied Geography. As a post-graduate student at Manchester University, his MA thesis concerned the effects of television violence on young offenders. Until 1994 he worked as a Probation Officer in
19 de mar. de 2023 · Podcast. Poet Laureate Simon Armitage is a former probation officer, DJ and poet celebrated for his witty and profound take on modern life. He writes in the shed in his garden, and in this podcast ...
