Wow! My first time hearing a poem by him. His voice and acting add so very much to this powerful statement. Thanks!

He's an absolute genius pure class 😅 Love this x

"Passengers either partially or wholly dependent on kindness, please have your travel coupons validated at the Quarantine Desk." This is the saddest sentence I've read in a long time.

@Narbized

Жыл бұрын

The last part (which has words relating to trash and scum) is the most sobering part of the poem for me.

Simon is so clever with the pen 🖊 Another cracking poem to dive deeper into ...... 🤔

Tragic, true, hilarious. I laughed even harder the second time.

I love this poem. Simon started with this at the Hay Festival a few years ago ... and you started to think he was being polite ... then realised it was this poem 😊

Ahhhh, they finally called us up! Hope there's room for my carry on.

@charlieanddapicklesquad

2 ай бұрын

hahahaa

I love this -- it kind of reminds me of something Steve Martin would write.

Funny how this stands true for the world in general at most times in concert plane and travel and much more , found this because i was looking for Odyssey the BBC program that Simon armitage did

And all will land at the same time ....

@helenjohnson6385

5 жыл бұрын

True. And I think it's better to sit back, relax and board last when everyone else has settled down and stopped fussing in the overhead lockers. But that would be another poem!

@charlieanddapicklesquad

2 ай бұрын

what a good point

an excellent video, thank you for waiting

Very good. Looking forward to reading the new collection.

This is a truly great poem.

This is why I only travel Socialist Airlines.

Love it

Well said. Thankyou. I enjoyed it.

Fantastic

It's almost as if he's trying to tell us something

If I ever meet you on the Camino. please talk to me in these tones, I am seriously cracked up, totally feeling the bullshit. all the very best from Ozstraylia...K.

Powerful.

Hahaha! Sad but true. We stood in the priority lane once, and laughed (internally) as the nasty little self-important people who had booked priority boarding became cross that there were so many people in the lane. Perhaps the airlines do this so they can tell who the jerks are and who the cabin crew need to avoid in flight.

@charlieanddapicklesquad

2 ай бұрын

defo

I guess "poets" would have been too easy as a last class. Smiles.

That Richard lost 5lbs poster is still there, I was there three weeks ago

Did anyone get this for homework

@windaroon

4 жыл бұрын

yup.

@fincba

4 жыл бұрын

Yup

Must say I thought it a tad obvious

@johnnymcauley6216

5 жыл бұрын

By his standards yes. But I think that's the point, that these types of class signalling stratifications are becoming too obvious and exhaustive.

@charlieanddapicklesquad

2 ай бұрын

yess