Simon Armitage | Poet Laureate

We sat down with new Poet Laureate Simon Armitage to talk about the ongoing importance of poetry, its relevance today and his pride at becoming the 21st Poet Laureate

[@ideabox5029]

What a useful channel!

[@evettefinch4524]

Simon Armitage the right man for this moment.

[@reconbravo104]

1:52 Epic gamer moment

[@leonardevans8691]

Alan's B. That should read which poems of SA did you read?

[@Frostryke]

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[@woden20]

Britain will have stormzy next to destroy it's identity , "you can't rhyme or even tell the time" lol

[@Lambda25]

I wonder how many young impressionable teens he's ruined and turned off of poetry just like he did for me so many years ago?

[@leonardevans8691]

Alan S B. If you dont read poetry how could you be offering anything like an informed opinion? For me (and many others) SA is a skilled contemporary poet, with an impressive body of work to be enjoyed and inspired by. John McAuliffe, co director at the Centre for New Writing described him as the 'best living poet' or words to that effect. I wonder which poems you read?

[@fboogz]

wheres the bullers wood gang im (farzad)!!!

[@Harry_mse]

wys bullers

[@camarlilee7205]

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[@PoetlaureateNFDL]

Cool🎉

[@athenassigil5820]

This man lead me on a quest to find Sir Gawain!

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LOL .... LD

[@camarlilee7205]

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[@Tosin_Adedokun]

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[@camarlilee7205]

@@Tosin_Adedokun your short but im not judging

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[@fboogz]

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[@Tosin_Adedokun]

Where are my Bullers wood boys peeps

[@fboogz]

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[@tosinadedokun7412]

@@fboogz guess

[@intellectualhybrid2]

I my own ignorant opinion. The only poet laureate I love and respect is Alfred Lord Tennyson.

[@kelman727]

PoisonedHive How many have you read...?

[@intellectualhybrid2]

@@kelman727 thanks for calling me out. I just realised I only read ALT. WOOPS that was pretty ignorant of me

[@alansbinnie1446]

Like 99%of the population I don't read poetry but I read some of his just to see what a we might expect from a Poet Laureate these days. I found half-baked prose masquerading as poetry, actually exactly what I expected to find. Poetry, last bastian of writers with no obvious talent.

[@perthyn1]

Don't you mean 'bastion'? Honestly, spelling today.

[@kelman727]

How convincing that post wasn’t. It’s ‘bastion.’ I doubt you could write a worthwhile poem if we gave you an ice age for a head start.