by Charles Causley · Phoenix · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780460022965
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«Poetry Please!» is the anthology of 100 popular poems from the BBC Radio 4 programme, edited by Charles Causley, in paperback, 150 pages, in English.
It brings together a hundred popular poems in English, with classics such as 'Adlestrop' by Edward Thomas, 'Sea-Fever' by John Masefield and 'Not Waving but Drowning' by Stevie Smith. It includes Jenny Joseph, Patrick Chalmers, V.L. Edminson and F.W. Harvey; themes range from heroism and the seasons to birth, death, work and eccentric characters.
The Phoenix edition, published in 1985, includes an index and a foreword by Charles Causley.
Audience interested in poetry in English and in the BBC Radio 4 programme.
Charles Stanley Causley CBE FRSL was a Cornish poet, school teacher and writer. His work is often noted for its simplicity and directness as well as its associations with folklore, legends and magic, especially when linked to his native Cornwall.
