Category: Marsden

Magnetic Field: The Marsden Poems … a review

As a poet reviewing someone else’s poetry, I am acutely aware of how interpretation can be a massively subjective undertaking and as such, possibly at odds with the intentions and motivations driving the work. When the reviewee happens to be Professor of Poetry at the University of Leeds, has been awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal…

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Simon Armitage … Magnetic Field Recordings #3

Hello World! Poet Laureate Simon Armitage gets out of his shed and reads Kitchen Window from his latest poetry collection Magnetic Field, in his weekly broadcasts from Marsden village … … when does a village become a town? #AskingForAFriend P.S. I miss the shed …

Simon Armitage … Magnetic Field Recordings #2

More marvellous stuff from Marsden … Note:  Privet always makes me think of the school stick insect I looked after one summer. It ate privet from our garden, but escaped in the house and laid eggs all over the place which hatched at various times so that we experienced a biblical infestation over the subsequent…

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Simon Armitage … Magnetic Field Recordings #1

Amazing what you find on that YouTube. The Poet Laureate is doing weekly broadcasts from his latest work (Magnetic Field) and needs a bigger audience than just the sheep of Marsden (tough crowd) … #Brill #Poetry See more info >>> HERE