Simon Armitage

Poems

• Poem 1: 'It Ain't What You Do It's What It Does To You'. From Zoom, p.20. (Bloodaxe, 1989.)
• Poem 2: '*' ('I am very bothered...'). From Book of Matches, p.13. (Faber, 1993.)
• Poem 3: 'Poem' ('And if it snowed...'). From Kid, p.29. (Faber, 1992.)
• Poem 4: 'About His Person'. From Kid, p.88. (Faber, 1992.)
• Poem 5: 'Cataract Operation'. From Book of Matches, p.48. (Faber, 1993.) (NB: This poem is part of the NEAB Anthology but is not featured in the programme due to lack of space.)