Andrew Motion Quote

In a general way, I want to be a kind of flag-waver, bunting hanger-up, drum-beater, you name it, for poetry.

Andrew Motion

In a general way, I want to be a kind of flag-waver, bunting hanger-up, drum-beater, you name it, for poetry.

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About Andrew Motion

Sir Andrew Peter Motion (born 26 October 1952) is an English poet, novelist and biographer who served as Poet Laureate from 1999 to 2009. During his laureateship, Motion founded the Poetry Archive, an online resource of poems and audio recordings of poets reading their own work. In 2012, he became President of the Campaign to Protect Rural England, succeeding Bill Bryson.