In addition, many poems relate to fellow writers like Keats, Clare, Lorca, Day-Lewis, Clemo, Betjeman and to artists he admired: Van Gogh, Samuel Palmer and Maxim Gorky, as well as the sculptor of local East Cornish origin, Nevill Northey Burnard.Ĭausley also wrote plays, short stories and opera librettos - as well as editing many poetry anthologies. His scope and interests, however, stretched far beyond his native county. His poetry frequently refers to Cornwall and its legends, and Causley was recognised by being made a Bard of the Cornish Gorsedd in 1955. Causley always agreed with the view that “there are no good poems for children that are only for children”, and indeed there is some overlap between his Collected Poems (several editions, the last of those coming out in 2001) and his Collected Poems for Children (1996). Many of these books were illustrated by prominent artists. Some are simple rhymes designed to delight younger readers mainly by their sound alone, while others carefully observe of people, the world and life, and tell strong stories. The final collections of new poetry - Secret Destinations (1984), Twenty-One Poems (1986) and A Field of Vision (1988) - are a prolific and impressive late flowering, with new subjects, approaches and styles alongside mature developments of his familiar ones.įrom the late 1960s, Causley published poetry for children. He also cemented his reputation as an anthologist, critic, essayist and broadcaster - especially as the host of BBC Radio 4’s Poetry Please for many years. His poetry became widely anthologised, and to he shared volumes with other contemporary British poets. Other collections of new poems by Causley came out during the 1960s: Johnny Alleluia and Underneath the Water. Survivor’s Leave followed in 1953, and his literary reputation was fully established in 1957 with Union Street by Rupert Hart-Davis, featuring an enthusiastic introduction by Edith Sitwell.
Causley’s first published collection of poems, Farewell, Aggie Weston, was published by The Hand and Flower Press in 1951.
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