scarecrow poetics/essays

Ewan’s parents were very understanding.
When he was sixteen they said,
‘You can leave school if you want to’.
So he did.

With his Mum’s help he got his first job.
He worked backstage
in a theatre in Perth.
He was paid £50 a week.

Ewan stayed there for six months.
Then in 1988 he went to college
to do an HNC in drama.
Even at this stage
his friends saw he had talent.

James Davies © 2005.