'Death of a Poet' by Charles Causley

[Nicola]

Does anybody know which poet Causley is referring to in this poem?

Thanks

[JaneW]

According to the notes in the Penguin anthology 'Worlds', it's about Louis MacNiece.

[Nash]

That's interesting. I've got the poem in a Causley collection, I had no idea it was about MacNeice. I wonder if the 'parson boomed' line is referencing MacNeice's father making the 'walls resound'.

[Nash]

.......and I just noticed that the original post is 10 years old