I'd never really been content with just churning out these slim volumes every three or four years. I've always tried to think of poetry as an active ingredient in the language rather than just something that appears between the covers of thin books. Simon Armitage activeappearbook share on social
I even feel guilty if I'm reading a novel, because I think I should be reading Homer again. I don't really know what free time is, because I don't have something to measure it against. Simon Armitage feelfreeguilty Change image and share on social
If you were going to choose a way of making your way in this world and a place to start from, you might not choose poetry and you might not choose Huddersfield. Simon Armitage choosehuddersfieldmake Change image and share on social
People who read poetry, for example, like the feel, the heft and the smell of a book. Simon Armitage bookfeelheft Change image and share on social
