In The Poetry

I was walking down a backstreet in Stroud and I was stopped by a schoolgirl and she said “You’re Laurie Lee ain’t ya?”, and I said, “Yes”. She said, “Did you write a poem called ‘Apples’?”. I said, “Yes, why?” and she said, “Our teacher made us learn it!” I had to bribe her with [...]

This was written in London but…indeed most of my poetry was written in London although most of it is based on images and sensations which I experienced in my home village or in the countryside around it but again, strangely enough, I was saying just now, sitting in these deep green fields with the pigeon-filled [...]

I was walking down a backstreet in Stroud and I was stopped by a schoolgirl and she said “You’re Laurie Lee ain’t ya?”, and I said, “Yes”. She said, “Did you write a poem called ‘Apples’?”. I said, “Yes, why?” and she said, “Our teacher made us learn it!” I had to bribe her with [...]