![]() ![]() ![]() Causley died in 2003 but remains a beloved poet in Cornwall, where his children’s poetry often appears in school readers and literature textbooks. He also received a CBE in 1986, a Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1967, and the Heywood Hill Literary Prize in 2000, among other prizes. ![]() His poetry’s frequent references to Cornwall and its legends proved popular in his homeland, and led to his being named a Bard of the Cornish Gorsedd in 1955. At the end of visiting time He emerges breathless, Blinking with relief, into the safe light. He later published several collections for children. He carries flowers, held lightly in fingers The size and shape of plantains, Tenderly kisses his wifes cheek - The brush of a childs lips - Then balances, motionless, for thirty minutes On the thin chair. In the 1950s, he published his first collections of poems: Farewell Aggie Weston, Survivor’s Leave, and Union Street. He continued to teach at the primary school until his retirement, even as his literary career blossomed. His service allowed him to gain admittance to the Peterborough Training College, where he earned the necessary qualification to teach primary school in his hometown. ![]() Soon afterward-as it was the height of World War II-he entered the Navy. He published his first play, Runaway, at the age of nineteen. Charles Causley was born in Cornwall in 1917. Back to reflection A song of living by Amelia Josephine Burr a poem about loving life Eden Rock by Charles Causley a poem written in memory of those we. ![]()
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