Work
Motion has said of himself: "My wish to write a poem is inseparable from my wish to explain something to myself". His work combines lyrical and narrative aspects in a "postmodern-romantic sensibility". Motion says that he aims to write in clear language without tricks.
The Independent describes the stalwart poet as the "charming and tireless defender of the art form". Motion has won the Arvon Prize, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, Eric Gregory Award, Whitbread Prize for Biography and the Dylan Thomas Prize.
Motion took part in the Bush Theatre's 2011 project Sixty Six, writing and performing a piece based upon a chapter of the King James Bible.
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