Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Rossetti and Zephaniah have all followed. Now, Poet Laureate and Yorkshireman Simon Armitage has determined that the discipline of verse composition should have a proper p ...

YOUNG writers across Worcestershire are being encouraged to enter the Young Poet Laureate competition. The contest, open to students in school years six to 13, invites budding poets to explore ...

to find a local poet to hold the honorary title of Poet Laureate for one year, opens on Saturday. Throughout the year the Poet Laureate will work with Stamford Arts Centre, Stamford Town ...

Poet laureate Simon Armitage has welcomed the news ... Part of a £20m project, the centre will become the UK’s first ever dedicated national cultural centre for poetry and is set to serve ...