National Poetry Day 2010: Simon Armitage Reads Kid

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13 жыл бұрын

Simon Armitage reads his poem 'Kid' for National Poetry Day 2010. Find out more at www.nationalpoetryday.co.uk/ and visit our poetry section www.culture24.org.uk/poetry

Пікірлер: 27

@darthpictus6445 4 жыл бұрын

Who else is here from school

@penguintalks7452 3 жыл бұрын

@MarshCODMYT 3 жыл бұрын

@@penguintalks7452 bruh same

@sarahmcquaid2948 3 жыл бұрын

Yeh bro

@harjot7124 3 жыл бұрын

mee , unfortunately

@ILovePanStan 3 жыл бұрын

Yup

@TheHaHaStar 13 жыл бұрын

We saw him read at Poetry Live a few months back in Oxford. We were all very happy he still had in the peircing from 'My father thought it' Genius. He's a real funny fella, too :]

@durosebuild 3 жыл бұрын

Tbf everyone here is doing school work

@anshwadhawan750 3 жыл бұрын

@jackmonaghan8477 4 жыл бұрын

This poem made me nerd out when I studied it in secondary school. I came to conclusion that the Robin in the poem was Tim Drake (or Jason Todd before being killed by the Joker).

@MrMonk1995 13 жыл бұрын

"you baby"

@EMINEMisTHEbest919 13 жыл бұрын

thank you.. very good poet! We are doing this piece in English :)

@theideasqueen5142 3 жыл бұрын

can someone tell me what the meaning for this poem is the homework is due tomorrow. A detailed description would be nice. Pleas reply ASAP or I'm getting a DT. Many thanks, A person that needs help

@_oliver_football1519 3 жыл бұрын

Daddy

@_CR7_ 3 жыл бұрын

school

@jeraldyboi7960 2 жыл бұрын

i like cheese

@slqckranyou1893 3 жыл бұрын

HOW BORING RU

@_oliver_football1519 3 жыл бұрын

Very

@FoundPoetry1456 9 жыл бұрын

Good poet, good poem, but bland as water reading. Such a voice to this song lost in his shy monotone. Shame.

@simonpringle3219 9 жыл бұрын

Mediocre inconsequential pap rap.

@TimSenna 7 жыл бұрын

Pretentious, pipe-smoking philistine

@FoundPoetry1456 7 жыл бұрын

Wow, two years ago I almost liked Armitage. Not no more. Try his recent 'Cinderella of Ferndale'. If you don't recognise it is for the dung-pile it is, there's no hope. Don't let your limp-wristed GCSE teacher foist these limp-minded mumblers on you. There's better stuff out there.

@TimSenna 7 жыл бұрын

I'll have a listen, not sure I subscribe to the school of elitism that dismisses poets for their popularity. I got into Armitage at GCSE level but his style and flair inspired me through studying English at uni and beyond. The fact that poems like this and November still have such a clear image in my mind is testament to his talent in my view.

@FoundPoetry1456 7 жыл бұрын

Mass-appeal means nothing, positively or negatively. What he is is well-known, recognisable. BBC: 'To some he's the modern, accessible and unstuffy face of poetry'. Betjemen too, whose Collecteds now line the shelves of every charity shop in the midlands. A post-death Amitage will be as enthusiastically discarded. Honour of a sort...