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The poems will be broadcast during the BBC’s special week of centenary programming this month.

Simon Armitage was appointed as UK's poet laureate in May 2019. And now, after Queen Elizabeth II's death on September 8, 2022, he has written a new poem in honour of the Queen. The poem title 'Floral Tribute' was shared recently by the Royal Family on their social media page.

Simon Armitage calls his poem a ‘gift in return’ to Britain’s longest-serving monarch in exchange for a ‘promise made and kept for life’

Floral Tribute references one of the late monarch’s favourite blooms and takes the form of a double acrostic.

Queen Elizabeth’s coffin will rest overnight in Bow Room as thousands lines London’s streets

Yorkshireman pens Floral Tribute following the passing of Elizabeth II

Matthew Kaner’s mystical new work, the gently glittering Pearl, is effective and engaging, with Roderick Williams its supremely communicative centre

It’s also home to Great Britain’s largest canal tunnel

The Patriarchs – An Elegy shared via royal social media accounts on first anniversary of Duke of Edinburgh’s death

The first anniversary of the Duke of Edinburgh’s death has been marked by the royal family with the release of an elegy, written and voiced by the Poet Laureate Simon Armitage.

The elegy, written by the Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, was posted to the royal family's social media accounts on Saturday.