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; Walking Home: A Poet ;s Journey , ; by Simon ArmitageSimon Armitage ;s new book , “ Walking Home ,” describes a similar if shorter kind of adventure. Walking Home: A Poet ;s Journey , By Simon Armitage, Liveright, 224 pp., $24.95 . The wandering poet has always been a feature of our cultural imagination. Nineteen days, 256 miles, and one renowned poet walking the backbone of England. By Sudip Bose. So Armitage is a long way from being a . The appeal of a book like Walking Home turns largely on the likeability of its narrator, and Armitage scores high on that scale. The various other strands for the book :- the author on an epic journey back home ; the wandering troubadour paying his way with his own performances; homage to heroes like Ted Hughes etc. Lawrence, Uncensored; Insomnia and the Poet ; Ted Kooser and His Valentines: Be Mine, Mine, Mine; At the Last Minute, Remembering Grace Paley, the Poet ; Massachusetts Poetry Festival; New England Poetry Club; Full Circle Festival, Burlington, . “[Armitage] displays a sharp appreciation of place, both in its unique contours and its mystery… doling out small stories—about the people he walks with or the. We may do so in the future; in the meantime, please see the other review sources to the right and browse the. Book Review: Walking Home by Simon Armitage | Eileen InlandingI wondered why he worried; as being a celebrity poet means that volunteers have pre-organised poetry readings and a bed each night, thanks to a notice on his website. My Account | Home Catalog Website. "The first book turned . please donate. Simon Armitage. “ Walking Home ” plays to whatever a conflicting of his strengths are. Walking home by Simon Armitage | Philippa WerryLately I ;ve been enjoying his latest book , Walking home (sub-titled Travels with a troubadour on the Pennine way.) Simon Armitage is an English poet who came up with the idea of walking the Pennine Way north to south – against the prevailing weather conditions, and the usual direction of walking it – with the intention of finishing near his childhood home, a village called Marsden on