{"id":388535,"date":"2026-10-16T16:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T15:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/it-was-a-leap-of-faith-simon-armitage-on-becoming-a-poet-social-media-and-moments-in-history\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T16:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T15:00:06","slug":"it-was-a-leap-of-faith-simon-armitage-on-becoming-a-poet-social-media-and-moments-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/it-was-a-leap-of-faith-simon-armitage-on-becoming-a-poet-social-media-and-moments-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It was a leap of faith\u2019 &#8211; Simon Armitage on becoming a poet, social media and \u2018moments in history\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/Bg45hHdUgSA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018It was a leap of faith\u2019 - Simon Armitage on becoming a poet, social media and \u2018moments in history\u2019\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bg45hHdUgSA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Simon Armitage believes poetry changes the world not by telling us what to think, but through persuasion, wonder and the possibilities of language.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode of Ways to Change the World, the Poet Laureate joins Krishnan Guru-Murthy to discuss his new version of Gilgamesh, a story of friendship, power, loss and immortality that has survived for thousands of years. 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