Poetic justice

Future Publishing Ltd, 121–141 Westbourne Terrace, Paddington, London W2 6JR 0330 390 6591; www.countrylife.co.uk ON Friday (March 21), it is World Poetry Day, a moment to reflect on the exciting announcement about the creation of a National Poetry Centre in Leeds. It is the brainchild of the Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, who has argued that, until now, British poetry has never had a home. It is intriguing to reflect on what kind of relationship this most immaterial of art forms should have with worldly things. After all, one of the most famous sonnets in our language suggests: The world is too much with us; late and soonGetting and spending, we lay waste our powers. Its author, William Wordsworth, would no doubt have thought it amiss that one stipulation made by…

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Country Life (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 19, 2025

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