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Alan Brownjohn Quotes

1931–2024 England

Alan Brownjohn (28 July 1931 – 23 February 2024) was an English poet and novelist.

England
Novelists
Poets

Also known as: Brownjohn, Alan

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3 quotes

Is fine - as long as no one comes
And asks us what we do there...
We'd have to say, Without our toil,
Just who would know it grew there?

The Cat Without E-Mail (2001)

At dawn, a railwaywoman
On a country platform whirls on the end of a chain
An irrelevant key, while a young guard makes to wipe
A crumb from her lapel; and see, she smiles
A permissory smile you take in from your corner seat:
A cameo of unrehearsed perfection.

The Old Flea-Pit (1987)

Following daily such a dread-
ful trade to earn a living,
With every second on that cliff
So cruel and unforgiving

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Alan Brownjohn (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.