Blyton's poetry for adults
Posted: 29 Oct 2017, 19:09
Hello
I've seen one or two poems by Enid Blyton which deal with social issues ("juvenile delinquency" etc) but I was wondering if anyone knew if this poem was ever published? It was sent personally by EB to Neville Chamberlain just after the Munich Crisis in autumn 1938. There's a sense of sincerity about the poem I think.
Andrew.
Neville Chamberlain
Here is a man who did not fear to lose
His reputation, high position, fame,
A man with courage wise enough to choose
What might be deep humiliation, shame;
A man direct enough in mind and heart
To brush aside all precedent and fly
Straight to the problems core to play his part;
Persistently, with dignity, to try
His lonely strength against relentless force;
No politician he – a statesman rare
Who champions all the lands at peace, a source
Of brilliant common-sense beyond compare
To make the issues crystal-clear he fought,
Reduced the angry turmoil to a plan
And ranged behind him hope and prayer and thought.
The moment came – and with it rose the Man.
I've seen one or two poems by Enid Blyton which deal with social issues ("juvenile delinquency" etc) but I was wondering if anyone knew if this poem was ever published? It was sent personally by EB to Neville Chamberlain just after the Munich Crisis in autumn 1938. There's a sense of sincerity about the poem I think.
Andrew.
Neville Chamberlain
Here is a man who did not fear to lose
His reputation, high position, fame,
A man with courage wise enough to choose
What might be deep humiliation, shame;
A man direct enough in mind and heart
To brush aside all precedent and fly
Straight to the problems core to play his part;
Persistently, with dignity, to try
His lonely strength against relentless force;
No politician he – a statesman rare
Who champions all the lands at peace, a source
Of brilliant common-sense beyond compare
To make the issues crystal-clear he fought,
Reduced the angry turmoil to a plan
And ranged behind him hope and prayer and thought.
The moment came – and with it rose the Man.