Simon Armitage offers top tips for National Poetry Day

To mark National Poetry Day 2010 Faber teamed up with Culture24 to film four poets who each reveal what inspires them and how they write their poems.

Writing poetry can seem like a daunting challenge to a fledgling poet: where do you find inspiration? How do you start a poem? And how can you use poetry to express your emotions and explore language?

Simon's top three tips are: read, read, read.

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