In and out of this world: #LYR's DARK SKY RESERVATION, the third album from Poet Laureate #SimonArmitage and friends, is propelled by cosmic as well as worldly themes - review @timcumming.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/an...

Vivid and sexy, immortal and so human - new translation of #Gilgamesh from #SimonArmitage
ping @CrispinHughes www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2026/03/02/beginnin...

Delight of the day, from Simon Armitage’s new collection ‘Dwell’ #delight #poetry #SimonArmitage

Blossom has begun to appear in the gardens and on the streets so it is time to re-read this.
#blossomise #simonarmitage #poetlaureate #spring #blossom #poetry

Enjoyed visiting #Thamesmead library on Sat - a striking light-filled, glass-walled lakeside hub. Nicely done event there, hearing Poet Laureate #SimonArmitage & local-born poet #RachelLong.
Then visit to the fab #Bouldrbar and walk around South Mere Lake with its dramatic vistas and skies.

Let me put it this way: if you came to lay your sleeping head against my arm or sleeve, and if my arm went dead, or if I had to take my leave at midnight, I should rather cleave it from the joint or seam than make a scene or bring you round. There, how does that sound?

#Poetry
#Poem
#BlueskyPoetry
#SimonArmitage

Let Me Put It This Way by Simon Armitage

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #Breakfast

Erland Cooper & Simon Armitage:
🎵 Folded Landscapes - movement 6

#BBCRadio3 #ErlandCooper #SimonArmitage

Dear Pink Floyd - Pink Floyd

In case you missed it, here's Simon Armitage's 'Dear Pink Floyd' with my music, recorded by us recently in London, to accompany the new Wish You Were Here box set. www.pinkfloyd.com/dear-pink-fl...
#pinkfloyd #simonarmitage #wishyouwerehere #dearpinkfloyd

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…

...in which the poet laureate goes to his shed, and I have fun exploring the results!! #simonarmitage kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/12/09/t...

BBC Four - Winter Walks, Series 1, Simon Armitage Poet laureate Simon Armitage rambles along Yorkshire’s frontier with the North Sea.

7pm TODAY on @BBCFOUR

Winter Walks
s1, Simon Armitage

Poet Laureate #SimonArmitage takes a walk along Yorkshire’s historic frontier with the North Sea.

Starting in Ravenscar, on the old Cinder Track . Then BoggleHole to Robin Hood’s Bay.

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.

"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

Excited to sponsor Poet Laureate Simon Armitage’s exclusive reading and signing at the Enfield Poets’ 25th Anniversary Festival, Forty Hall, on 19/10/2025. Celebrate poetry with us—tickets at the Forty Hall website! #SimonArmitage #EnfieldPoetsLiteraryFestival

Photo credit Paul Stuart Photography

#simonarmitage

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#Poetry
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#BlueskyPoetry
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Thank You for Waiting by Simon Armitage
(Part 1 of 2)

The Salt Path on sale at Waterstones.

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

Exterior of Redhills Durham (Durham Miners Hall) on a summer's evening.

Simon Armitage and his band LYR on stage with Easington Colliery Brass Band.

Ian McMillan and Simon Armitage on stage.

Another really special evening at Redhills Durham for Durham Brass Festival with LYR performing Firm as a Rock We Stand with Easington Colliery Brass Band, and Ian McMillan recording an episode of The Adverb for BBC Radio 4 with some great guests. Loved it.

#DurhamBRASS #LYR #SimonArmitage

Daybreaker, by Katherine Priddy, Simon Armitage track by Katherine Priddy, Simon Armitage

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RadcliffeAndMaconie

Katherine Priddy & Simon Armitage:
🎵 Daybreaker

#6music #KatherinePriddy #SimonArmitage

▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify

▶️ Song on #Bandcamp:

Simon Armitage: ‘I went into poetry because it was alternative’ In his hometown of Marsden, West Yorkshire, the poet laureate is performing in what he calls a ‘middle territory between poem and song’

‘He’s previously insisted that song lyrics and poems are entirely different forms, but admits that LYR has edged him towards “pitching words into a middle territory between poem and song.’’ Tom Clark #SimonArmitage #LYRBand #poetry #song
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Beautiful work by Simon Armitage. 🙂

#poetry #simonarmitage

Looking forward to being back taking photos at @writingandideas.bsky.social in Borris in June. Here are some photos from last year. All photos by me. #booksky #TomHolland @katherinerundell.bsky.social #SimonArmitage #PoetLaureate #OceanVuong

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#poems #poetry #poems #apoemaday #poem #poetryisnotdead #poetrygram #poetrycommunity #zoom #simonarmitage #simonarmitagepoetry

Woman in blue jacket and purple trousers on a rope bridge among large ferns

Illustrated cover of the book Dwell

I had a great time at the launch of Simon Armitage's 'Dwell' last night @faberbooks.bsky.social at the Lost Gardens of Heligan. I think all poetry collection launches should have a rope bridge.

#Dwell #simonarmitage #lostgardensofheligan #kernow #ropebridge #poetry

The Poet Laureate is reopening his shed:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04...
#SimonArmitage #poetry #PoetryPodcast #SpokenWord

Happy End Of Winter Day!!! 😎 (No honestly, it’s finished, done, cooked, it’s not suddenly coming back like zombies in horror films.) @katherinepriddy.bsky.social #SimonArmitage

Daybreaker, by Katherine Priddy, Simon Armitage track by Katherine Priddy, Simon Armitage

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RadcliffeAndMaconie

Katherine Priddy & Simon Armitage:
🎵 Daybreaker

#6music #KatherinePriddy #SimonArmitage

▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify

▶️ Song on #Bandcamp:

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‘A Life in the Day Of: Simon Armitage's ode to probation officers’: thx to BBC World at One Highlights: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #poetry #SimonArmitage
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Close Season, by Katherine Priddy, Simon Armitage track by Katherine Priddy, Simon Armitage

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe

Katherine Priddy & Simon Armitage:
🎵 Close Season

#6music #KatherinePriddy #SimonArmitage

▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify

▶️ Song on #Bandcamp:

🔊 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #InTune

Erland Cooper, Erland Cooper, Simon Armitage & Scottish Ensemble:
🎵 Folded Landscapes - Movement 2

#BBCRadio3 #ErlandCooper #SimonArmitage #ScottishEnsemble

When was the last time a stranger’s words felt like home? Happens more often than you’d think.
#poetchaotique #queerpoetry #instawriting #substack #instapoet #originalpoem #poetsofinstagram #poetryprompt #andrewmcmillan #simonarmitage #poetlaureate #emilybrontë #johnhartley #yorkshire

“La misma #semilla, dicen, el mismo tallo,/ como si yo fuera una #rama emparentada con la #raíz” #SimonArmitage X @JordiDoce #BuenosDías🌞@CulturaCuenta @unisevilla.bsky.social @FFilologiaUS @AdCFilologUS @lacasaencendida.bsky.social #SundayThoughts romerobarea.wordpress.com/2025/02/06/r...