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I'd never really been content with just churning out these slim volumes every three or four years. I've always tried to think of poetry as an active ingredient in the language rather than just something that appears between the covers of thin books.
Simon Armitage
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"I'd never really been content with just churning out these slim volumes every three or four years. I've always tried to think of poetry as an active ingredient in the language rather than just something that appears between the covers of thin books."
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I'd never really been content with just churning out these slim volumes every three or four years. I've always tried to think of poetry as an active ingredient in the language rather than just something that appears between the covers of thin books. — Simon Armitage

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Simon Armitage was a Poet from United Kingdom (1963–present).

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This quote is attributed to Simon Armitage, a Poet from United Kingdom.
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Simon Armitage lived from 1963 – present.