United Kingdom is the fourth album by American Music Club. It was recorded primarily for the UK, where the band had a larger following than in their native USA, and consists of a mixture of studio and live tracks. The LP was produced by Tom Mallon who also produced the band's previous three LPs, The Restless Stranger, Engine and California. United Kingdom contained the song "Kathleen", the most obvious of many that Mark Eitzel has composed about his long-term muse, Kathleen Burns.
A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, who is often expected to compose poems for special events and occasions. The ItaliansAlbertino Mussato and Francesco Petrarca were the first to be crowned poets laureate after the classical age, respectively in 1315 and 1342. In Britain, the term dates from the appointment of Bernard André by Henry VII of England. In modern times, the title may also be conferred by an organization such as the Poetry Foundation, which has a designated Children's Poet Laureate. Other examples are the Pikes Peak Poet Laureate, which is designated by a "Presenting Partners" group from within the community; the Minnesota Poet Laureate chosen by the League of Minnesota Poets (est. 1934); the Northampton Poet Laureate chosen by the Northampton Arts Council, and the Martha's Vineyard Poet Laureate chosen by ten judges representing the Martha's Vineyard Poetry Society.
Over a dozen national governments continue the poet laureate tradition.
The Poet Laureate of New Jersey (statutorily known as New Jersey William Carlos Williams Citation of Merit) was an honor presented biennially by the Governor of New Jersey to a distinguished New Jersey poet. Created in 1999, this position existed for less than four years and was abolished by the legislature effective July 2, 2003. When the New Jersey State Legislature created the laureate position, the bill provided specifically for the creation of an award named in honor of twentieth-century poet and physician William Carlos Williams (1883–1963) who resided in Rutherford, New Jersey. However, the legislature recognized that the award's recipient would "be considered the poet laureate of the State of New Jersey for a period of two years. Before the position was abolished, only two poets, Gerald Stern and Amiri Baraka, had been appointed as the state's poet laureate.
The legislature's bill was signed into law by Governor Christine Todd Whitman. It was expected that the award's recipient—the poet laureate—would "engage in activities to promote and encourage poetry within the State and shall give no fewer than two public readings within the State each year." In this respect, New Jersey's poet laureate was similar to the position of Poet laureate in other American states and in several other countries. However, a public reading in September 2002 by the state's second laureate, Newark-based poet Amiri Baraka of his poem "Somebody Blew Up America" was met with harsh criticism by the public and news media. The poem which explores terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 was considered to be violent, incendiary and anti-Semitic, and the ensuing controversy ignited a political firestorm. Because of Baraka's defiant refusals to apologize or resign as poet laureate and that there was no mechanism within the law to remove him, the position was abolished by the legislature and Governor James E. McGreevey in 2003.
The British Poet Laureate is an honorary position appointed by the monarch of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Prime Minister. The role does not entail any specific duties, but there is an expectation that the holder will write verse for significant national occasions. The origins of the laureateship date back to 1616 when a pension was provided to Ben Jonson, but the first official holder of the position was John Dryden, appointed in 1668 by Charles II. On the death of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, who held the post between November 1850 and October 1892, there was a break of four years as a mark of respect; Tennyson's laureate poems "Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington" and "The Charge of the Light Brigade" were particularly cherished by the Victorian public. Three poets, Thomas Gray, Samuel Rogers and Walter Scott, turned down the laureateship. The holder of the position as at 2015 is Carol Ann Duffy, who was appointed in May 2009 on a fixed ten-year term.
The period began with the newly formed United Kingdom defeating the French Empire in 1814 in the Napoleonic Wars. As a direct result of this, the British Empire became the foremost world power for the next century. Great Britain and the northeast of Ireland industrialised rapidly, whereas the rest of Ireland did not, deepening economic and social disparities between them. A devastating famine, exacerbated by government inaction in the mid-19th century, led to demographic collapse in much of Ireland, and increased calls for Irish land reform and the devolution of executive power. During and after the Great War, the rise of Irish nationalism and physical force republicanism eventually culminated in the Irish War of Independence, and in 1922 the partition of Ireland between the newly founded Irish Free State and the northeast, which opted to remain part of the United Kingdom as Northern Ireland.
Ranking Every Single Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
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☕ In Search of Lost Time: https://cutt.ly/5mNh8oD
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published: 05 Jul 2021
National Poetry Day: A poem from London’s Young Poet Laureate - BBC London News
“FAM” - What does it mean to you?
26 year old Caleb Femi, London’s first Young Poet Laureate shares his thoughts on family.
published: 28 Sep 2017
Poet Laureate Simon Armitage reads his new poem for the Platinum Jubilee | ITV News
Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has honoured the Queen's 70-year reign with with a specially written poem, Queenhood.
He reads an excerpt and talks ITV News through his writing process.
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published: 03 Jun 2022
Simon Armitage | Poet Laureate
We sat down with new Poet Laureate Simon Armitage to talk about the ongoing importance of poetry, its relevance today and his pride at becoming the 21st Poet Laureate
published: 11 May 2019
Complete List of Poets Laureate of Britain Since 1668
Just go through every writers and mug up their important works.
published: 20 Oct 2021
U.S., U.K. Poets Laureate on Being Public Face for Poetry
"A poet should be private and invisible," says U.K. Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, "This is a different way of being a poet, to be laureate." Meanwhile, "I think we witness things, but are not witnessed," says U.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine. They reflect with Jeffrey Brown on having very public roles as private poets.
published: 28 Apr 2012
A Poem for Europa by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón
U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón wrote an original poem dedicated to NASA’s Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter's moon Europa, which is believed to harbor a vast ocean beneath its icy surface.
Narrated by Limón herself, the poem is entitled “In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa” and it connects two water worlds — Earth, yearning to reach out and understand what makes a world habitable, and Europa, waiting with secrets yet to be explored. The poem will be engraved on a plaque carried aboard the Europa Clipper spacecraft.
The commissioned work was released on June 1, 2023, for NASA’s "Message in a Bottle" campaign, which invites people around the world to sign their names to the poem that will journey to another world. Participants’ names will travel 1.8 billion miles, or 2.89 billion kilom...
published: 01 Jun 2023
Professor Sir Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate of UK, at HKU Centenary Distinguished Lecture
On March 10, over 300 guests and members of the public attended the third Centenary Distinguished Lecture by Professor Sir Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate
of the United Kingdom from 1999 to 2009. The lecture, entitled “Poetry in Life,” was held in HKU’s Rayson Huang Theatre, and was followed by a panel discussion moderated by Professor Douglas Kerr of the University’s School of English, with Professor Leung Ping-kwan, Poet and Critic at Lingnan University; and Ms. Christine Loh, CEO of Civic Exchange, as guest panelists. The event was supported by The Hong Kong International Literary
Festival 2011.
On March 11, a small group of senior secondary school students and university undergraduates exchanged views with Sir Andrew in an activity called ‘Lunch with
a Laureate’, which was set up as an ...
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⚓ Persuasion: https://cutt.ly/amNhX7b
☕ In Search of Lost Time: https://cutt.ly/5mNh8oD
⚔️ The Hero’s Journey: https://cutt.ly/UmNjrE3
🌸 Siddharta: https://cutt.ly/YmNjuzi
🎠 Don Quixote: https://cutt.ly/cmNjoK4
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⚓ Persuasion: https://cutt.ly/amNhX7b
☕ In Search of Lost Time: https://cutt.ly/5mNh8oD
⚔️ The Hero’s Journey: https://cutt.ly/UmNjrE3
🌸 Siddharta: https://cutt.ly/YmNjuzi
🎠 Don Quixote: https://cutt.ly/cmNjoK4
❤️Shakespeare’s Sonnets: https://cutt.ly/nmNlW7V
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Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has honoured the Queen's 70-year reign with with a specially written poem, Queenhood.
He reads an excerpt and talks ITV News thro...
Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has honoured the Queen's 70-year reign with with a specially written poem, Queenhood.
He reads an excerpt and talks ITV News through his writing process.
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We sat down with new Poet Laureate Simon Armitage to talk about the ongoing importance of poetry, its relevance today and his pride at becoming the 21st Poet La...
We sat down with new Poet Laureate Simon Armitage to talk about the ongoing importance of poetry, its relevance today and his pride at becoming the 21st Poet Laureate
We sat down with new Poet Laureate Simon Armitage to talk about the ongoing importance of poetry, its relevance today and his pride at becoming the 21st Poet Laureate
ℹ️ All the Poets Laureate of Britain
John Dryden (1668–89)
Thomas Shadwell (1689–92)
Nahum Tate (1692–1715)
Nicholas Rowe (1715–18)
Laurence Eusden (1718–...
"A poet should be private and invisible," says U.K. Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, "This is a different way of being a poet, to be laureate." Meanwhile, "I thin...
"A poet should be private and invisible," says U.K. Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, "This is a different way of being a poet, to be laureate." Meanwhile, "I think we witness things, but are not witnessed," says U.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine. They reflect with Jeffrey Brown on having very public roles as private poets.
"A poet should be private and invisible," says U.K. Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, "This is a different way of being a poet, to be laureate." Meanwhile, "I think we witness things, but are not witnessed," says U.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine. They reflect with Jeffrey Brown on having very public roles as private poets.
U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón wrote an original poem dedicated to NASA’s Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter's moon Europa, which is believed to harbor a vast ocea...
U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón wrote an original poem dedicated to NASA’s Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter's moon Europa, which is believed to harbor a vast ocean beneath its icy surface.
Narrated by Limón herself, the poem is entitled “In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa” and it connects two water worlds — Earth, yearning to reach out and understand what makes a world habitable, and Europa, waiting with secrets yet to be explored. The poem will be engraved on a plaque carried aboard the Europa Clipper spacecraft.
The commissioned work was released on June 1, 2023, for NASA’s "Message in a Bottle" campaign, which invites people around the world to sign their names to the poem that will journey to another world. Participants’ names will travel 1.8 billion miles, or 2.89 billion kilometers, aboard the Europa Clipper spacecraft on its voyage to Jupiter and its moons.
The mission is set to launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in October 2024, and reach orbit around Jupiter by 2030. Over several years, it will conduct multiple flybys of Europa, gathering detailed measurements to determine if the moon has conditions suitable for life.
Read the poem, send your name to Europa, and create your own customizable souvenir artwork: https://go.nasa.gov/MessageInABottle
For more information on the mission, visit: https://europa.nasa.gov
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón wrote an original poem dedicated to NASA’s Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter's moon Europa, which is believed to harbor a vast ocean beneath its icy surface.
Narrated by Limón herself, the poem is entitled “In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa” and it connects two water worlds — Earth, yearning to reach out and understand what makes a world habitable, and Europa, waiting with secrets yet to be explored. The poem will be engraved on a plaque carried aboard the Europa Clipper spacecraft.
The commissioned work was released on June 1, 2023, for NASA’s "Message in a Bottle" campaign, which invites people around the world to sign their names to the poem that will journey to another world. Participants’ names will travel 1.8 billion miles, or 2.89 billion kilometers, aboard the Europa Clipper spacecraft on its voyage to Jupiter and its moons.
The mission is set to launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in October 2024, and reach orbit around Jupiter by 2030. Over several years, it will conduct multiple flybys of Europa, gathering detailed measurements to determine if the moon has conditions suitable for life.
Read the poem, send your name to Europa, and create your own customizable souvenir artwork: https://go.nasa.gov/MessageInABottle
For more information on the mission, visit: https://europa.nasa.gov
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Link to download this video: https://images.nasa.gov/details/NASA%20and%20U.S.%20Poet%20Laureate%20Ada%20Limon%20Unveil%20Her%20Poem%20for%20Europa
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On March 10, over 300 guests and members of the public attended the third Centenary Distinguished Lecture by Professor Sir Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate
of the U...
On March 10, over 300 guests and members of the public attended the third Centenary Distinguished Lecture by Professor Sir Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate
of the United Kingdom from 1999 to 2009. The lecture, entitled “Poetry in Life,” was held in HKU’s Rayson Huang Theatre, and was followed by a panel discussion moderated by Professor Douglas Kerr of the University’s School of English, with Professor Leung Ping-kwan, Poet and Critic at Lingnan University; and Ms. Christine Loh, CEO of Civic Exchange, as guest panelists. The event was supported by The Hong Kong International Literary
Festival 2011.
On March 11, a small group of senior secondary school students and university undergraduates exchanged views with Sir Andrew in an activity called ‘Lunch with
a Laureate’, which was set up as an extension of the Centenary Distinguished Lectures. In the two-hour dialogue, students and Sir Andrew discussed various
issues including how he first came to writing poems and
the way in which poetry is taught in schools.
https://www.tto.hku.hk/public/centenary_lecture2011/cdl.html
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On March 10, over 300 guests and members of the public attended the third Centenary Distinguished Lecture by Professor Sir Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate
of the United Kingdom from 1999 to 2009. The lecture, entitled “Poetry in Life,” was held in HKU’s Rayson Huang Theatre, and was followed by a panel discussion moderated by Professor Douglas Kerr of the University’s School of English, with Professor Leung Ping-kwan, Poet and Critic at Lingnan University; and Ms. Christine Loh, CEO of Civic Exchange, as guest panelists. The event was supported by The Hong Kong International Literary
Festival 2011.
On March 11, a small group of senior secondary school students and university undergraduates exchanged views with Sir Andrew in an activity called ‘Lunch with
a Laureate’, which was set up as an extension of the Centenary Distinguished Lectures. In the two-hour dialogue, students and Sir Andrew discussed various
issues including how he first came to writing poems and
the way in which poetry is taught in schools.
https://www.tto.hku.hk/public/centenary_lecture2011/cdl.html
Stay in touch with HKU: https://www.alumni.hku.hk/
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#HKU #Poet #AndrewMotion
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🚂 Anna Karenina: https://cutt.ly/vmNhAWv
💀 Crime and Punishment: https://cutt.ly/rmNhFt5
⚓ Persuasion: https://cutt.ly/amNhX7b
☕ In Search of Lost Time: https://cutt.ly/5mNh8oD
⚔️ The Hero’s Journey: https://cutt.ly/UmNjrE3
🌸 Siddharta: https://cutt.ly/YmNjuzi
🎠 Don Quixote: https://cutt.ly/cmNjoK4
❤️Shakespeare’s Sonnets: https://cutt.ly/nmNlW7V
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Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has honoured the Queen's 70-year reign with with a specially written poem, Queenhood.
He reads an excerpt and talks ITV News through his writing process.
• Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2lOHmNj
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We sat down with new Poet Laureate Simon Armitage to talk about the ongoing importance of poetry, its relevance today and his pride at becoming the 21st Poet Laureate
"A poet should be private and invisible," says U.K. Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, "This is a different way of being a poet, to be laureate." Meanwhile, "I think we witness things, but are not witnessed," says U.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine. They reflect with Jeffrey Brown on having very public roles as private poets.
U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón wrote an original poem dedicated to NASA’s Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter's moon Europa, which is believed to harbor a vast ocean beneath its icy surface.
Narrated by Limón herself, the poem is entitled “In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa” and it connects two water worlds — Earth, yearning to reach out and understand what makes a world habitable, and Europa, waiting with secrets yet to be explored. The poem will be engraved on a plaque carried aboard the Europa Clipper spacecraft.
The commissioned work was released on June 1, 2023, for NASA’s "Message in a Bottle" campaign, which invites people around the world to sign their names to the poem that will journey to another world. Participants’ names will travel 1.8 billion miles, or 2.89 billion kilometers, aboard the Europa Clipper spacecraft on its voyage to Jupiter and its moons.
The mission is set to launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in October 2024, and reach orbit around Jupiter by 2030. Over several years, it will conduct multiple flybys of Europa, gathering detailed measurements to determine if the moon has conditions suitable for life.
Read the poem, send your name to Europa, and create your own customizable souvenir artwork: https://go.nasa.gov/MessageInABottle
For more information on the mission, visit: https://europa.nasa.gov
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Link to download this video: https://images.nasa.gov/details/NASA%20and%20U.S.%20Poet%20Laureate%20Ada%20Limon%20Unveil%20Her%20Poem%20for%20Europa
#SendYourName
On March 10, over 300 guests and members of the public attended the third Centenary Distinguished Lecture by Professor Sir Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate
of the United Kingdom from 1999 to 2009. The lecture, entitled “Poetry in Life,” was held in HKU’s Rayson Huang Theatre, and was followed by a panel discussion moderated by Professor Douglas Kerr of the University’s School of English, with Professor Leung Ping-kwan, Poet and Critic at Lingnan University; and Ms. Christine Loh, CEO of Civic Exchange, as guest panelists. The event was supported by The Hong Kong International Literary
Festival 2011.
On March 11, a small group of senior secondary school students and university undergraduates exchanged views with Sir Andrew in an activity called ‘Lunch with
a Laureate’, which was set up as an extension of the Centenary Distinguished Lectures. In the two-hour dialogue, students and Sir Andrew discussed various
issues including how he first came to writing poems and
the way in which poetry is taught in schools.
https://www.tto.hku.hk/public/centenary_lecture2011/cdl.html
Stay in touch with HKU: https://www.alumni.hku.hk/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/100HKU
#HKU #Poet #AndrewMotion
There's a gang I've just joined There's a gang I've just joined Three million strong you'd agree Four million strong you'd agree Enrollment was easy, so easy Getting out proves to be the difficulty From land's end to john o'groats From land's end to john o'groats They are making ends meet Mending holes in their coat Fasting and feasting on bread and margarine Burning dreams build upon buried hopes United kingdom - you'd better ring them You've a solution - you better bring them United kingdom - united kingdom You've a solution - you better bring them Opportunity, I guess they all came and went Finding it hard Finding the rent you'll find it funny With your finger running down Situations vacant In school he was an athlete Now he's not so self-assured "after all of these o-levels is this my reward? " There's a silent majority, that's seen and Never heard from charles i, charles ii To charles iii United kingdom - you'd better ring them You've a solution - you better bring them United kingdom - united kingdom This busted, rusted, upper-crusted Bankrupted done and dusted No-man-to-be-trusted united kingdom Proud to stand beneath the union jack? Happy dealing up a no ace pack? Polishing black boots Priming the riot squad There go I but for the grace of god Covering up the agony with mindless entertainment You'll be happy when they're ripping up the pavement Bringing down the axe on steelworks and foundries Someone said love knows no boundaries Close your eyes and think of england Lie back and think of her United kingdom - you better ring them