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"In a short ceremony, led by artist Lorna Rees and featuring a new poem written by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, we’ll commemorate the 70th anniversary of the extraordinary vision which led to the creation of the AONBs as well as the 60th anniversary of the Dorset AONB. Experts will be on hand to tell you about why the Cerne Giant is quite such a special place and will also talk about why the AONBs are so important for them personally as well as for the Nation".
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Simon Armitage: "I was delighted to be asked to work with the National Association for AONBs on this auspicious occasion.
“They are an institution that safeguards and celebrates all that is good about the world we live in, and an organisation whose values I share and trust in.
“The relationship between poetry and the land in this country goes back to the very origins of poetic utterance and I’m proud to be making a contribution to that ongoing dialogue.
“There is no greater challenge for a contemporary laureate and geography graduate than to contribute artistically to a conversation about the natural world and the state of our planet, and to praise those things that are wonderful and of wonder.”
“The relationship between poetry and the land in this country goes back to the very origins of poetic utterance and I’m proud to be making a contribution to that ongoing dialogue.
“There is no greater challenge for a contemporary laureate and geography graduate than to contribute artistically to a conversation about the natural world and the state of our planet, and to praise those things that are wonderful and of wonder.”
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