Beginning to End: A Review of Simon Armitage’s New Translation of Gilgamesh - Asymptote Blog

What happens when a poet translates Gilgamesh, rather than an Assyriologist?

‘Keep slaying the dragon inside’: Simon Armitage pens poem for World Cancer Day

Poet laureate tackles ‘daunting’ commission from Yorkshire Cancer Research to mark charity’s centenary year

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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #Breakfast Erland Cooper & Simon Armitage: 🎵 Folded Landscapes - movement 6 #BBCRadio3 #ErlandCooper #SimonArmitage

The Poet Laureate has been to his shed! #simonarmitage

It occurred to me recently that it was a while since I had read any of Simon Armitage's poetry; which is a bit naughty, really, as I've amassed three new collections of his work this year alone! The trouble is that I subscribe to the Faber newsletter, and so the minute there's a new release by him, the temptation is too much to bear.

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The Poet Laureate has been to his shed! #simonarmitage

It occurred to me recently that it was a while since I had read any of Simon Armitage’s poetry; which is a bit naughty, really, as I’ve amassed three new collections of his work this ye…

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The best poetry books of 2025

From Seamus Heaney’s collected poems and Simon Armitage’s animal spirits, to prizewinners Karen Solie and Vidyan Ravinthiran

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Never been a huge Floyd fan, but this encomium from Simon Armitage is lovely,
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Dear Pink Floyd (Poem By UK Poet Laureate Simon Armitage)

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"Armitage has the rare gift of both inciting an emotional reaction and finding the most dry, arid humour from his rich life experience" Steve Hunting is mesmerised by Simon Armitage and his band LYR at @otsfestival.bsky.social ✍️ #OffTheShelf #Poetry #SimonArmitage @sheffielduni.bsky.social

Sensitivities await: Simon Arm...
Sensitivities await: Simon Armitage & LYR at Off the Shelf

The UK's poet laureate spoils us with a mix of stand-alone poetry and spoken word songwriting with his band LYR.

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Folk Song by Simon Armitage

You lost your sparkle at the fair, apple, cherry, blackthorn, pear watched every petal disappear amoung the glamour and the glareand dodgem cars and flying chairsand candy floss and dancing bears, the goldfish and the silverware. apple, cherry, blackthorn, pear Glitz and glitter in the airbut blossom neither here or there. apple, cherry, blackthorn, pearThe woods beyond were sparse and spare, the branches empty handed, bare, no glint of blossom anywhere.   apple, cherry,

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My money is on the next part of The Salt Path controversy being that the whole Simon Armitage bit turns out not to have been quite so accidental and innocent. #Booksky #TheSaltPath #RaynorWinn #SimonArmitage
Happy birthday, David Attenborough! 99 ways he has inspired us, by Barack Obama, Billie Eilish, Morgan Freeman – and many more

This week the presenter turns 99. To celebrate, we asked 99 nature lovers – including Margaret Atwood, Jane Fonda, Bono, Kate Winslet and Michael Palin – how he has helped us see the world with fresh eyes

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