Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has written a poem to mark the death of the Queen. Floral Tribute is composed of two stanzas of nine lines each, describing the coming of a September evening and the ...

The British Poet Laureate, Simon Armitage, has penned a poem to mark the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Floral Tribute, which has been distributed by Armitage's publisher, Faber, describes the coming of ...

Simon Armitage, the poet laureate, has written a poem celebrating the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here. Simon Armitage, the poet laureate, has written a poem celebrating the 50th ...

The death of Queen Elizabeth II revealed much about the state of the British bourgeoisie’s institutions. It also shed light on their impact on cultural life. Artists have been fawning over the late ...

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 ...

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Poet laureate pays tribute to ‘message in a bottle tied to a life buoy thrown from a ghost ship’ released when he was 12 It was derided by some critics as self-indulgent and “gimmicky” when it was ...

Some people sail through their appointment as poet laureate with little to write about. Not so Simon Armitage, whose first five years as UK poet laureate have been remarkably busy. The 61-year-old ...

Award-winning poet laureate and former probation officer, Simon Armitage, has crafted an ode to those working in the Probation Service, acknowledging their work and efforts in a bid to encourage ...