Kid

Kid is the second collection of poems by Simon Armitage, published in 1992. The book won a Forward Prize for Poetry. Author Simon Armitage is an English poet, playwright and novelist. He was appointed as Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom in 2019. He is professor of poetry at the University of Leeds and became Oxford Professor of Poetry when he was elected to the four-year part-time appointment from 2015 to 2019. He was born and raised in Marsden, West Yorkshire. At the start of his career, and at the time Kid was published, he was working as a probation officer. Book