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Simon Armitage Quotes

I’d got to a point where I wanted a break Picture Quote #1

The ordinary can be absolutely miraculous Picture Quote #1

This misfortune you find is of your own manufacture.Keep hold of what you have, it will harm no other,for hatred comes home to the hand that chose it Picture Quote #1

It reminds me to say that staying local should never be about looking at the world through a closed window, but about making a home then throwing the doors open and inviting the world in Picture Quote #1

Occasionally it’s been a long and bumpy road - one I’m still travelling - but I’ve always felt like my home town has been solidly behind me and I’m both grateful and proud Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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This misfortune you find is of your own manufacture Picture Quote #1

We still need a voice that thinks before it speaks Picture Quote #1

We walk to the ward from the badly parked car with your grandma taking four short steps to our two. We have brought her here to die and we know it Picture Quote #1

Boy with the name and face I don’t remember, you can stop shouting now, I can still hear you Picture Quote #1

That heart had been an apple once, they reckoned. Green. They had a scheme to plant an apple there again beginning with a pip, but he rejected it Picture Quote #1

Here’s how they rated him when the looked back: sometimes he did this, sometimes he did that Picture Quote #1

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People who read poetry, for example, like the feel, the heft and the smell of a book Picture Quote #1

My party piece: I strike, then from the moment when the matchstick conjures up its light, to when the brightness moves beyond its means, and dies, I say the story of my life Picture Quote #1

As far as I can tell, there are two kinds of poets: those who want to tell stories and sing songs, and those who want to work out the chemical equation for language and pass on their experiments as poetry Picture Quote #1

In all the poems I’ve written I’ve not really engaged in politics, and when I’ve found myself moving in that direction I’ve always stopped myself Picture Quote #1

This misfortune you find is of your own manufacture. Keep hold of what you have, it will harm no other, for hatred comes home to the hand that chose it Picture Quote #1

It’s never going to be very mainstream. One reason is that poetry requires concentration, both on the part of the writer and the reader. But it’s kind of unkillable, poetry. It’s our most ancient artform and I think it’s more relevant today than ever, because it’s one person saying what they really believe Picture Quote #1

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And wonder, dread and war have lingered in that land where loss and love in turn have held the upper hand Picture Quote #1

You’re beautiful because when you were born, undiscovered planets lined up to peep over the rim of your cradle and lay gifts of gravity and light at your miniature feet Picture Quote #1

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I’d got to a point where I wanted a break (Simon Armitage Quotes) The ordinary can be absolutely miraculous (Simon Armitage Quotes) This misfortune you find is of your own manufacture.Keep hold of what you have, it will harm no other,for hatred comes home to the hand that chose it. (Simon Armitage Quotes) It reminds me to say that staying local should never be about looking at the world through a closed window, but about making a home then throwing the doors open and inviting the world in. (Simon Armitage Quotes) Occasionally it’s been a long and bumpy road - one I’m still travelling - but I’ve always felt like my home town has been solidly behind me and I’m both grateful and proud. (Simon Armitage Quotes) 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 Quotes) This misfortune you find is of your own manufacture (Simon Armitage Quotes) We still need a voice that thinks before it speaks (Simon Armitage Quotes) We walk to the ward from the badly parked car with your grandma taking four short steps to our two. We have brought her here to die and we know it (Simon Armitage Quotes) Boy with the name and face I don’t remember, you can stop shouting now, I can still hear you (Simon Armitage Quotes) That heart had been an apple once, they reckoned. Green. They had a scheme to plant an apple there again beginning with a pip, but he rejected it (Simon Armitage Quotes) Here’s how they rated him when the looked back: sometimes he did this, sometimes he did that (Simon Armitage Quotes) People who read poetry, for example, like the feel, the heft and the smell of a book (Simon Armitage Quotes) My party piece: I strike, then from the moment when the matchstick conjures up its light, to when the brightness moves beyond its means, and dies, I say the story of my life (Simon Armitage Quotes) As far as I can tell, there are two kinds of poets: those who want to tell stories and sing songs, and those who want to work out the chemical equation for language and pass on their experiments as poetry (Simon Armitage Quotes) In all the poems I’ve written I’ve not really engaged in politics, and when I’ve found myself moving in that direction I’ve always stopped myself (Simon Armitage Quotes) This misfortune you find is of your own manufacture. Keep hold of what you have, it will harm no other, for hatred comes home to the hand that chose it (Simon Armitage Quotes) It’s never going to be very mainstream. One reason is that poetry requires concentration, both on the part of the writer and the reader. But it’s kind of unkillable, poetry. It’s our most ancient artform and I think it’s more relevant today than ever, because it’s one person saying what they really believe (Simon Armitage Quotes) And wonder, dread and war have lingered in that land where loss and love in turn have held the upper hand (Simon Armitage Quotes) You’re beautiful because when you were born, undiscovered planets lined up to peep over the rim of your cradle and lay gifts of gravity and light at your miniature feet (Simon Armitage Quotes)