Andrew Motion

thumb|Sir Andrew Motion in 2009 Sir Andrew Motion, FRSL (born 26 October 1952) is an English poet, novelist and biographer. He was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1999 to 2009. Quotes Poets know their own poems in a way and to a depth that is unique.. even if they mumble a bit ..their delivery will still have important things to tell us. 'TLS' November 25 2005 Poetry Quotes In the swirl of its poolthe home-coming salmonhas no intuitionof anything changed. "You Helped Give a Shape", An elegy on the death of HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother By day the appalling loose beautyof prowling floes:lions’ heads, dragons, crucifix-wrecks,and a thing like a blown rose. Poem "Ice" External links Poems on Poetseers Category:Poets from England Category:Poets laureate Category:1952 births Category:Living people Category:Novelists from England Category:Academics from the United Kingdom Category:Editors Category:People from London Category:University of Oxford alumni Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature Category:Biographers from the United Kingdom