![]() I think he’s so good at them, and they showcase the many ways you can leave a poem reverberating in the reader’s mind. What I’d like to enthuse about specifically here is Causley’s endings. You can find a few examples and a biography on the Children’s Poetry Archive and in this lovely blog post on Anthony Wilson’s Lifesaving Poems. The poems are effortlessly rhymed, mischievous, absurd, thoughtful, intelligent, wondering, steeped in folk traditions, and gently, constructively anarchic. I have a gorgeous, sunset-coloured edition, published by Macmillan and zestily illustrated by John Lawrence. ![]() And so, long overdue, I fell head over heels in love with the rollicking and poignant Collected Poems for Children of Charles Causley. Like many others, I have spent some of my time during lockdown working through the tottering pile of books I’ve always meant to read. ![]()
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