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> [It’s never going to be very mainstream. One reason is that poetry requires concentration, both on the part of the writer and the reader. But it’s kind of unkillable, poetry. It’s our most ancient artform and I think it’s more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-armitage/it-s-never-going-to-be-very-mainstream-one-reason-is-that-poetry/)

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## More by Simon Armitage

> [We still need a voice that thinks before it speaks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-armitage/we-still-need-a-voice-that-thinks-before-it-speaks/)

[Simon Armitage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-armitage/)

> [“The melancholy comes over me, the dismal misery of not knowing where I am, or perhaps losing any sense of who I am, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-armitage/the-melancholy-comes-over-me-the-dismal-misery-of-not-knowing-where-i/)

[Simon Armitage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-armitage/)

> [Occasionally it's been a long and bumpy road - one I'm still travelling - but I've always felt like my home town has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-armitage/occasionally-it-s-been-a-long-and-bumpy-road-one-i-m-still-travelling/)

[Simon Armitage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-armitage/)

> [I wondered if people might not have had enough of Simon Armitage and wondered whether I hadn't had enough of Simon Armitage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-armitage/i-wondered-if-people-might-not-have-had-enough-of-simon-armitage-and/)

[Simon Armitage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-armitage/)

> [This misfortune you find is of your own manufacture. Keep hold of what you have, it will harm no other, for hatred comes home…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-armitage/this-misfortune-you-find-is-of-your-own-manufacture-keep-hold-of-what/)

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> [I'd got to a point where I wanted a break.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-armitage/i-d-got-to-a-point-where-i-wanted-a-break/)

[Simon Armitage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-armitage/)

> [The ordinary can be absolutely miraculous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-armitage/the-ordinary-can-be-absolutely-miraculous/)

[Simon Armitage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-armitage/)

> [It reminds me to say that staying local should never be about looking at the world through a closed window, but about making a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-armitage/it-reminds-me-to-say-that-staying-local-should-never-be-about-looking/)

[Simon Armitage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-armitage/)

> [I once stood in the middle of New York city watching my name go round the electronic zipper sign in Times Square and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-armitage/i-once-stood-in-the-middle-of-new-york-city-watching-my-name-go-round/)

[Simon Armitage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-armitage/)

> [“I once swallowed my difference without water on an empty stomach.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-armitage/i-once-swallowed-my-difference-without-water-on-an-empty-stomach/)

[Simon Armitage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-armitage/)

> [The Huddersfield that I like best is a large town with a big heart and an open mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-armitage/the-huddersfield-that-i-like-best-is-a-large-town-with-a-big-heart/)

[Simon Armitage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-armitage/)

> [“Oh dire, dreadful death, you drag your heels. Why dawdle and draw back? You drown my heart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-armitage/oh-dire-dreadful-death-you-drag-your-heels-why-dawdle-and-draw-back/)

[Simon Armitage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-armitage/)

> [You’re beautiful because when you were born, undiscovered planets lined up to peep over the rim of your cradle and lay gifts of gravity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-armitage/you-re-beautiful-because-when-you-were-born-undiscovered-planets/)

[Simon Armitage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-armitage/)

> [“Prose fills a space, like a liquid poured in from the top, but poetry occupies it, arrays itself in formation, sets up camp and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-armitage/prose-fills-a-space-like-a-liquid-poured-in-from-the-top-but-poetry/)

[Simon Armitage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-armitage/)

> [It’s never going to be very mainstream. One reason is that poetry requires concentration, both on the part of the writer and the reader.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-armitage/it-s-never-going-to-be-very-mainstream-one-reason-is-that-poetry/)

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