Laureate's poem adorns steps at Waterfront Park

Simon Armitage says he was inspired by the River Tees in the specially commissioned piece.
Wall Street Journal

‘The Owl and the Nightingale’ Review: Battle of the Birds

Simon Armitage has translated a number of medieval poems into modern English, including “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,” “The Death of King Arthur” (an anonymous work, not Malory’s long prose ...

‘The idea was to put some music to some spoken word stuff and just see where that took us’ - Simon Armitage on LYR

Oxford University's Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage left the lecture hall to come in for a chat with Mark and Stuart about ...
Yahoo

Pink Floyd commemorated in new poem from Poet Laureate Simon Armitage

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Time

Man Verses Nature: Simon Armitage as a Wandering Bard

Simon Armitage is fascinated by epic journeys. The prolific, 49-year-old English poet and author has published acclaimed translations of 14th century travel-adventure Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ...
Yorkshire Evening Post

Simon Armitage on writing about cancer: 'It’s an enormous subject and there’s a responsibility with it’

West Yorkshire-based Poet Laureate Simon Armitage reflects on his poignant work for the Yorkshire Cancer Research charity. He speaks to Laura Reid about his inspiration and the writing process. Did ...
AOL

Poet laureate Simon Armitage pens London Zoo poem to celebrate 200 years of ZSL

British poet laureate Simon Armitage has met schoolchildren at London Zoo, where he recited the new poem he has written to mark ZSL's 200th anniversary. The Moon And The Zoo celebrates the connection ...

Specially commissioned poem by Simon Armitage adorns steps at new urban park

A poem from British Poet Laureate Simon Armitage graces the granite steps of the new Stockton Waterfront urban park ...
The Yorkshire Post

Simon Armitage on writing about cancer: 'It’s an enormous subject and there’s a responsibility with it’

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