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This shining star of the British poetry scene recently composed a 1000 line poem in his capacity as Poet for the New Millennium Experience. This significantly shorter piece is based on his General Studies 'A' Level exam and was performed during an edition of Radio 4's Bookshelf in 1992.
'Which of these films was Dirk Bogarde
makes how much aluminium?
General Studies, the upper sixth, a doddle, a cinch
or a calculator
Having galloped through but not caring enough
milk-white breasts and nakedness, or more specifically
That term - everybody felt the heat
long and cool like cocktails,
only let out for older guys with studded jackets
One jot of consolation
on her man's new Honda
put down both feet and stood to stretch her limbs,
and to smooth her tight jeans.
she stood there like a wishbone,
and rumour has it he didn't notice
having underbalanced on a tight left-hander.
not in? One hundredweight of bauxite
how many tales in 'The Decameron'?'
for anyone with an ounce of common sense
with a memory feature.
to check or double-check, I was dreaming of
virginity.
but the girls were having none of it:
out of reach, their buns and pigtails
and motor-bikes and spare helmets.
was the tall spindly girl riding pillion
who, with the lights at amber,
to lift the visor and push back her fringe
As he pulled off down the street
high and dry, her legs wide open,
til he came round in the ambulance
'A Taste of Honey'. Now I remember.
Copyright: Simon Armitage.
