On Saturday, I saw Simon Armitage read some of his poems. I haven't read his work since I was fifteen, studying for my GCSEs but when the poet laureate comes to Hunmanby (you won't know it, just google it and you'll see why I'm amazed he went there) you go to Hunmanby to see him.
I went with my sister and it was an amazing evening. He was hilarious. I loved everything he read and talked about and I of course got some books signed.
I've seen quite a few poets over the years:
Carol Ann Duffy
John Hegley
John Cooper Clarke
Hollie McNish
Wendy Cope
Roger McGough
Ian McMillan
I wondered who you've all seen live and who was your favourite?
@Rachel Glass i love Ian McMillan’s podcast “The Verb.” Check it out if you haven’t before :)
Sounds like it was a fun night! It's pretty awesome you got to see Carol Ann Duffy live- she's a bit of a modern-day legend.
I'd love to hear Patti Smith and Xiaolu Guo recite their poetry live, simply because I'm huge fans of theirs and they have rather fascinating backstories. But since I live deep down in the southern hemisphere, we don't get many renowned poets coming our way, or if we do, I have never seen them perform.
I will however, link a video to Vincent Price reciting 'The Raven'. Price has to be one of the coolest people to have ever been born on this planet and I think I would have cried if I saw him reciting poetry live, lol. I'm a massive fan, can't you tell? :P