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 CBE (born 26 May 1963) is a British poet playwright and novelist. In February 2011 he became Professor of Poetry at the University of Sheffield. Life and career
Simon Armitage was born in Marsden West Yorkshire.

Simon Armitage CBE (born 26 May 1963) is a British poet playwright and novelist.