Short and Sweet Simon Armitage

Name: Short and Sweet By Simon Armitage
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Short and Sweet by Simon Armitage

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An anthology of poetry arranged to show how the short poem can tell a story, present a complex argument and be packed with as much passion, wisdom and music as any extended piece of writing. The editor encourages the reader to consider how poets over five centuries have favoured brevity.

Short and Sweet Summary

Short and Sweet by Simon Armitage

The longest poem in this collection is 13 lines and the shortest has no lines at all. Arranged as a kind of countdown, the anthology illustrates how the short poem can tell a story, capture an instance, present a complex argument and be packed with as much passion, wisdom and music as we might desire from a piece of writing.

About Simon Armitage

Simon Armitage was born in Huddersfield in 1963. After reading Geography at Portsmouth Polytechnic he went on to do a course in Social Work and Psychology at Manchester University. For a time he worked in Manchester as a Probation Officer.Simon Armitage's first book of poetry, Zoom! (Bloodaxe), was a Poetry Book Society Choice and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize. His second collection, Kid, was published by Faber in 1992 to instant and wide acclaim. It was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize and Simon Armitage was voted 'Most Promising New Poet' for the Forward Poetry Prize. In 1993 he was the Sunday Times 'Young Writer of the Year'. His third collection, Book of Matches, was published in the Autumn of that year to great acclaim. In May 1994 he was selected as one of the twenty young poets included in the Poetry Society's high profile 'New Generation Poets' promotion.In September 1995 Faber published The Dead Sea Poem

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Sku

GOR001979528

ISBN 13

9780571215560

ISBN 10

0571215564

Title

Short and Sweet by Simon Armitage

Author

Simon Armitage

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Faber & Faber

Year published

20021007

Number of pages

128

Prizes

N/A

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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

Note

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