And now, dear Lord, I cannot wait Because I have a luncheon date.

Hymns are the poetry of the people.

History must not be written with bias, and both sides must be given, even if there is only one side.

And I think it was the outline of that church tower at Belaugh against the sky which gave me a passion for churches so that every church I've past since I've wanted to stop and look in.

Topography is one of my chief themes in my poetry, about the country, the suburbs and the seaside. Then there comes love... and increasingly; the fear of death.

One mark of good verse is surprise

Oh Wasn't it naughty of Smudges? Oh, Mummy, I'm sick with disgust. She threww me in front of the judges, And my silly old collar-bone's bust.