Tuesday, September 05, 2006

News at Eleven: [Simon Armitage's] latest poem

avoids overt political comment. "For this new poem I was interested much more in bereavement," said Armitage. "I also wanted it to reflect what was happening that day inside the towers. To give those inside a voice."

from The Sunday Times: Poem for 9/11, by the laureate in waiting

also, the poem, Out Of The Blue (pdf)

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