Simon Armitage talks about 'I am very bothered' and 'My father thought it'
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I can listen and respond to Simon Armitage’s ‘I am very bothered’ and ‘My father thought it’.
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Armitage suggests that ‘I am very bothered’ was based on real events that happened during his school years.
Armitage says that ‘I am very bothered’ is about how we hurt people who don’t love us in the way that we want them to.
Armitage’s ‘My father thought it’ is based on Armitage piercing his ear and his father’s reaction to the piercing.
Armitage suggests that the poem could be seen as a late reply to his father’s reaction.
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