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The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed by BBC

Feb 5, 202360:49Society & Culture

If the poets of the past sat in their garrets dipping their quills in ink , waiting for inspiration to strike, our current Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has a more mundane and domestic arrangement. From his wooden shed in...

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