His Cider with Rosie was an immediate best-seller, reaching a wide public with its images of village life from a bygone era of innocence and simplicity. With its success Lee could buy his childhood home in Slad.Wionderful great North American poet!
Avril, I can’t find an online version of Summer Rain, but it is in the book Bloom of Candles, now out of print but there are secondhand copies on Abebooks.
I am sure I learned a poem by Laurie Lee called 'Summer Rain' (?) when at school in the 60s, but can fund no trace of it. Does anyone know the poem, please?
Cider with Rosie by this great poet, I cannot find here.