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    The Wind - James Reeves

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    The document provides biographical information about James Reeves, a 20th century English poet, teacher, and writer of folklore stories. It notes that he attended Cambridge University, had a successful teaching career but had to retire in 1952 due to failing eyesight, after which he became a full-time writer and editor publishing poems, stories, and anthologies for both children and adults.

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    James Reeves (1909 – 1978)

    James Reeves was a poet, teacher and wrote folklore stories.


    He attended Cambridge University. After university he was a
    successful teacher but he had to retire in 1952 due to his
    failing eyesight. He then became a full-time writer and editor.
    He published many poems, stories and anthologies for both
    children and adults.

    G9 English 1st Language Poetry 2023 Page 1 of 2


    The Wind
    JAM E S R E E VE s

    1 I can get through a doorway without any key,

    And strip the leaves from the great oak tree.

    I can drive storm-clouds and shake tall towers,

    4 Or steal through a garden and not wake the flowers.

    Seas I can move and ships I can sink;

    I can carry a house-top or the scent of a pink.

    When I am angry I can rave and riot;

    8 And when I am spent, I lie quiet as quiet

    Glossary:
    strip: to take off
    drive: move
    steal: sneak
    scent: smell
    pink: flower
    rave: to be noisily angry
    riot: to be wild and out of control
    spent: finished2

    G9 English 1st Language Poetry 2023 Page 2 of 2

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