Flowers and flames - Clive Linke

The author has devoted his life to expounding his belief that poetry seeks to divine the depths of spirituality and brings us towards an understanding of the experience of the soul. Hebelieves that the practice as well as the study of poetry should be inculcated in the young as soon as possible. This has little to do with exams and the curriculum but much to do with living spontaneously. As he puts it:'The encouraging of poetry, as with the arts generally at an early age, bears fruit. I remember listening to my infant teacher reading a poem about snow falling in London to a silent and appreciative group. I have never forgotten it.'