SA reading and talking from and about ZOOM, retrospectively, is a great treat. It is very interesting and informative to hear a little bit about how the poems came into composition. I'm interested in the creative process; where something starts, what are its imaginative influences and so on. I'm familiar with the poems from ZOOM. When I first read it it spoke directly to me with a distinctive voice. It is very interesting that SA says there is a certain 'innocence' about this collection. Maybe, but there is, for me, an energy and flow to his poetic language and a kind of bravura or panache-virtuosity even. And, of course he's writing about the extraordinary in the so called ordinary. Great stuff. I'm pleased he's now the Poet Laureate. He'll do a good job.
It was first collected in his 2006 collection Tyrannosaurus Rex versus the Corduroy Kid. It would probably have been published before that in a magazine: not sure where.
One of the poets that turned me off poetry during my GCSEs. Endlessly drab, grey, sometimes needlessly violent, inconsequential subject matter, fantastically boring.
And drug addiction and dealing daily with violent criminals in inner city areas is hardly inconsequential to those who live or deal with it, obviously you never have. That you regard such material as 'inconsequential' only shows how sheltered and inconsequential you must be. But art has a way of reflecting your own self back to you. And i live in the north where it IS grey, ok. Would you like something pretty about a nice beach somewhere? You'd probably find stuff about flowers or other cliched dead subject matter something that matters more. But for those who live in the real world we prefer things written from real experience not dreamed up under a tree with a quill. And I'd love to read your stuff, or wonder why you're even here. I'm not into soap operas so I don't watch them.
SA reading and talking from and about ZOOM, retrospectively, is a great treat. It is very interesting and informative to hear a little bit about how the poems came into composition. I'm interested in the creative process; where something starts, what are its imaginative influences and so on. I'm familiar with the poems from ZOOM. When I first read it it spoke directly to me with a distinctive voice. It is very interesting that SA says there is a certain 'innocence' about this collection. Maybe, but there is, for me, an energy and flow to his poetic language and a kind of bravura or panache-virtuosity even. And, of course he's writing about the extraordinary in the so called ordinary. Great stuff. I'm pleased he's now the Poet Laureate. He'll do a good job.
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What a treat to hear these. Brilliant always.
Does anyone know what the poem The Civilians is about? Is it an extended metaphor about returning home from war? Many thanks in advance.
right man in the right job
Wowzer.
As I ambled in the gardens at Kew,
I met Simon Armitage walking through.
"I am King Charles's poet" saith he,
"Prithee tell me, whose poet are you?"
Where was his poem You are beautiful first published?
It was first collected in his 2006 collection Tyrannosaurus Rex versus the Corduroy Kid. It would probably have been published before that in a magazine: not sure where.
@@BloodaxeBooks thank you so much for the answer
One of the poets that turned me off poetry during my GCSEs. Endlessly drab, grey, sometimes needlessly violent, inconsequential subject matter, fantastically boring.
And obviously at the age of a gcse kid you'd be a very good judge wouldn't you. I imagine you prefer pam ayers
And drug addiction and dealing daily with violent criminals in inner city areas is hardly inconsequential to those who live or deal with it, obviously you never have. That you regard such material as 'inconsequential' only shows how sheltered and inconsequential you must be. But art has a way of reflecting your own self back to you. And i live in the north where it IS grey, ok. Would you like something pretty about a nice beach somewhere? You'd probably find stuff about flowers or other cliched dead subject matter something that matters more. But for those who live in the real world we prefer things written from real experience not dreamed up under a tree with a quill. And I'd love to read your stuff, or wonder why you're even here. I'm not into soap operas so I don't watch them.
@Darrenski You know literally nothing about me or my upbringing. But your ego speaks entirely for itself. Some room for self improvement I posit?