That's the place that the poem is speaking from. Simon Armitage reads and analyses his poem ‘Give’, looking at both its surface and deeper meanings. Images of rough sleepers in Manchester and ...

Simon Armitage on his poem 'Give' videoSimon Armitage on his poem 'Give' Simon Armitage reads and analyses his poem ‘Give’, looking at both its surface and deeper meanings. Harmonium' by Simon ...

A new National Poetry Centre, spearheaded by Professor of Poetry and Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, is to receive a ...

This isn’t the first time Simon Armitage has written a poem dedicated to the Queen. To mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee earlier this year, he wrote a poem called Queenhood, a seven-part poem ...

Obviously, Philip’s death is Armitage’s ‘occasion to presume to eulogise,’ but the poem’s explicit occasion is ‘the weather in the window this morning.’ By the last stanza ...

Simon Armitage said the centre would create a lasting legacy from his tenure of Poet Laureate Plans for a National Poetry Centre in Leeds are being developed to mark the appointment of Simon ...

Poet Laureate Simon Armitage is embarking on the next leg of his 10-year tour of the UK’s libraries, visiting L to M Libraries. Each spring this decade, Armitage is giving readings in libraries ...