Kid is a 1992 collection of poems by Simon Armitage. The title poem, "Kid", is written from the point of view of comic book and TV series character Robin, companion of Batman. The poem talks about how Robin has grown up after separating from Batman. It seems to be a poem about growing up, the complexity of relationships between siblings and parents, a student becoming the master and a gradual disillusionment with one's childhood heroes. The light-hearted rhythmic nature of the poem and its central comic stars seem at odds with the slightly darker underlying tone. The poem portrays the bitter tone of Robin as he leaves Batman and reveals the truth about him.
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Poetry collections |
- Book of Matches
- CloudCuckooLand
- The Dead Sea Poems
- Kid
- Killing Time
- The Not Dead
- Out of the Blue
- Paper Aeroplanes
- Remains
- Seeing Stars
- Selected Poems
- The Shout: Selected Poems
- Stanza Stones
- Still - A Poetic Response to Photographs of the Somme Battlefield
- Travelling Songs
- Tyrannosaurus Rex Versus The Corduroy Kid
- The Unaccompanied
- The Universal Home Doctor
- Xanadu
- Zoom!
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Translations and edited works |
- The Death of King Arthur
- Homer's Odyssey
- The Penguin Book of Poetry from Britain and Ireland since 1945
- Penguin Modern Poets BK.5
- The Poetry of Birds
- Short and Sweet: 101 Very Short Poems
- Sir Gawain and The Green Knight
- Ted Hughes Poems: Selected by Simon Armitage
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Pamphlets |
- The Anaesthetist
- Around Robinson
- Considering the Poppy
- Distance Between Stars
- Five Eleven Ninety Nine
- Human Geography
- In Memory of Water
- Machinery of Grace: A Tribute to Michael Donaghy
- The Motorway Service Station as a Destination in its Own Right
- The North Star
- The Walking Horses
- Waymarkings
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Books |
- All Points North
- Eclipse
- Gig: The Life and Times of a Rock-star Fantasist
- Jerusalem
- King Arthur in the East Riding
- Little Green Man
- Mister Heracles After Euripides
- Moon Country
- The Twilight Readings
- Walking Away : Further Travels with a Troubadour on the South West Coast Path
- Walking Home: Travels with a Troubadour on the Pennine Way
- The White Stuff
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