I have to make myself write, sometimes. In the space between poems, you somehow forget how to do it, where to begin. It was good to be task - based for a while. I just came downstairs each day, picked the one I was going to do that day, and wrote.
Where does the hand become the wrist? where does the neck become the shoulder? The watershed and then the weight, whatever turns up and tips us ove… - Simon Armitage
Where does the hand become the wrist? where does the neck become the shoulder? The watershed and then the weight, whatever turns up and tips us ove…
- Simon Armitage
As far as I can tell, there are two kinds of poets: those who want to tell stories and sing songs, and those who want to work out the chemical equati… - Simon Armitage
As far as I can tell, there are two kinds of poets: those who want to tell stories and sing songs, and those who want to work out the chemical equati…
In all the poems I've written I've not really engaged in politics, and when I've found myself moving in that direction I've always stopped myself. - Simon Armitage
In all the poems I've written I've not really engaged in politics, and when I've found myself moving in that direction I've always stopped myself.
People who read poetry, for example, like the feel, the heft and the smell of a book. - Simon Armitage
People who read poetry, for example, like the feel, the heft and the smell of a book.
Killing time in the precinct, I find a copy of one of my early volumes in a dump-bin on the pavement outside the charity shop. The price is 10p. It i… - Simon Armitage
Killing time in the precinct, I find a copy of one of my early volumes in a dump-bin on the pavement outside the charity shop. The price is 10p. It i…
You’re beautiful because when you were born, undiscovered planets lined up to peep over the rim of your cradle and lay gifts of gravity and light at … - Simon Armitage
You’re beautiful because when you were born, undiscovered planets lined up to peep over the rim of your cradle and lay gifts of gravity and light at …
We still need a voice that thinks before it speaks. - Simon Armitage
We still need a voice that thinks before it speaks.
It’s never going to be very mainstream. One reason is that poetry requires concentration, both on the part of the writer and the reader. But it’s kin… - Simon Armitage
It’s never going to be very mainstream. One reason is that poetry requires concentration, both on the part of the writer and the reader. But it’s kin…
This misfortune you find is of your own manufacture. - Simon Armitage
This misfortune you find is of your own manufacture.
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