Charles Causley's "Jack the Treacle Eater" won the Kurt Maschler Award, and "Early in the Morning" won the Signal Poetry Award. He has been given the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry and the CBE for his services to poetry.
A wonderful collection of poems by Charles Causley, fften described as 'the greatest poet laureate we never had'.
This revised collection of poems gathers together Charles Causley’s poetry spanning a period of more than fifty years and includes previously unpublished work as well as some of his poems for children.
‘There are poems in this superb volume that will shine for as long as there are humans to read them’ –Kevin Crossley-Holland, Times Educational Supplement
There are poems in this superb volume that will shine for as long as there are humans to read them -- Kevin Crossley-Holland * Times Educational Supplement *
Hardly a page in this handsome volume fails to impress and enchant with technical virtuosity and unnerving imagination. -- Alan Brownjohn * Sunday Times *
Before I was made Poet Laureate, I was asked to name my choice of the best poet for the job. Without hesitation I named Charles Causley – this marvelously resourceful, original poet. -- Ted Hughes
One of the finest poets of his generation -- Vernon Scannell * Sunday Telegraph *
ISBN: 9780330375573
Dimensions: 197mm x 127mm x 27mm
Weight: 294g
448 pages