Poetry with Simon Armitage

Poet, playwright and novelist, Simon Armitage was elected Professor of Poetry at Oxford University in 2015. This series features his public engagements. Series image credit Paul Wolfgang Webster.

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Episodes

When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer

Simon Armitage delivers his final lecture as Oxford Professor of Poetry, reflecting on his own influences as a poet.

May 17, 2019•1 hr 7 min

'Undisfigured by False or Vicious Ornaments' - Clarity and Obscurity in the Age of Formlessness

The Hilary Term Professor of Poetry lecture, delivered by Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage.

Jan 28, 2019•1 hr 6 min

Damned if he Does and Damned if he Doesn't? Dilemmas and Decisions in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Simon Armitage lectures on the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Poet Simon Armitage delivers the Michaelmas Term 2018 lecture entitled 'Damned if he Does and Damned if he Doesn't? Dilemmas and Decisions in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'

Nov 23, 2018•57 min

Unseasonal Produce: Winter Words in Various Moods and Metres

Simon Armitage delivers the Trinity 2018 poetry lecture entitled "Unseasonal Produce: Winter Words in Various Moods and Metres".

May 17, 2018•1 hr 6 min

Like, Elizabeth Bishop

Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage delivers a lecture on the american writer and poet Elizabeth Bishop.

Mar 20, 2018•1 hr 5 min

The Hawks and the Doves – raptors and rapture in the poetry of Thom Gunn and Ted Hughes.

Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage discusses the poems of Thom Gunn and Ted Hughes.

Nov 15, 2017•1 hr 1 min

95 Theses: On the Principles and Practice of Poetry

Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage gives his sixth public lecture. Held on 16th May 2017.

May 19, 2017•1 hr 4 min

We Need To Talk About Robert: Bob Dylan and the Nobel Prize for Literature'

Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage gives a lecture about literature, poetry and Bob Dylan and the Nobel Prize for Literature. Held on 8th March 2017.

Mar 14, 2017•59 min

Access All Areas: Poetry and the Underworld

Simon Armitage's fourth public lecture as Professor of Poetry, University of Oxford.

Nov 14, 2016•1 hr 3 min

On Lists

Simon Armitage's third public lecture as Professor of Poetry, University of Oxford.

May 18, 2016•1 hr 10 min

Mind the Gap: Omission, Negation and 'a final revelation of horrible Nothingness - '

Simon Armitage's second public lecture as Professor of Poetry, University of Oxford.

Apr 08, 2016•1 hr 1 min

The Parable of the Solicitor and the Poet

Simon Armitage, professor of poetry, University of Oxford delivers his inaugural lecture.

Apr 08, 2016•1 hr

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