Poetry with Simon Armitage
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer
17 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Armitage delivers his final lecture as Oxford Professor of Poetry, reflecting on his own influences as a poet.
'Undisfigured by False or Vicious Ornaments' - Clarity and Obscurity in the Age of Formlessness
28 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Hilary Term Professor of Poetry lecture, delivered by Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage.
Damned if he Does and Damned if he Doesn't? Dilemmas and Decisions in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
23 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Armitage lectures on the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Poet Simon Armitage delivers the Michaelmas Term 2018 lecture entitled 'Damned if...
Unseasonal Produce: Winter Words in Various Moods and Metres
17 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Armitage delivers the Trinity 2018 poetry lecture entitled "Unseasonal Produce: Winter Words in Various Moods and Metres".
Like, Elizabeth Bishop
20 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage delivers a lecture on the american writer and poet Elizabeth Bishop.
The Hawks and the Doves – raptors and rapture in the poetry of Thom Gunn and Ted Hughes.
15 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage discusses the poems of Thom Gunn and Ted Hughes.
95 Theses: On the Principles and Practice of Poetry
19 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage gives his sixth public lecture. Held on 16th May 2017.
We Need To Talk About Robert: Bob Dylan and the Nobel Prize for Literature'
14 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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.
Access All Areas: Poetry and the Underworld
14 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Armitage's fourth public lecture as Professor of Poetry, University of Oxford.
On Lists
18 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Armitage's third public lecture as Professor of Poetry, University of Oxford.
Mind the Gap: Omission, Negation and 'a final revelation of horrible Nothingness - '
08 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Armitage's second public lecture as Professor of Poetry, University of Oxford.
The Parable of the Solicitor and the Poet
08 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Armitage, professor of poetry, University of Oxford delivers his inaugural lecture.