A discovery of Dickens
and Duffy, Hardy,
hardly enough, he
awoke in me, poetry,
spoke to me, awoke in me,
something wild.
The Animal wept
for ‘The Unborn Pauper Child’.
The lessons and legacy
of Tolkien, my fascination
with the Inklings
and Lewis’ dedication:
world changing,
life changing.
I sensed the rearranging
of destiny,
the message fate sent,
when ‘The Signalman’ began
with the end.
