Stanley J. Forrest
Stanley John Forrest (1904–1977) was a Church of England priest and popular poet. He was a friend and collaborator of John Betjeman. Forrest was vicar of St John's Church, Watford from 1954 to 1961.
Works
- The Church in Reconstruction (1945)
- Anglican Noah's Ark (1947)
- Buzzards at Play (1947)
- What the Vicar Likes (1952)
- Time for a Rhyme (1954)
- What's the Use? (1955)
- Chapter and Verse (1959)
- A Town Parson's Day (1960)
- Orders in Orbit (1962)
- Our Man at St. Withit's (1964)
- Verse from the Vestry (1966)
- Parson's Play-pen (1968)
- Saints and Sinods (1971)
- The Church Bizarre: Light Verse for Heavy Weather (1973)
References
- [https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2004/27-february/features/an-affectionate-portrait An Affectionate Portrait]
- [https://livingchurch.org/2018/09/11/the-anglican-poetry-of-s-j-forrest/ The Anglican Poetry of S.J. Forrest], by Richard J. Mammana
External links
- [http://anglicanhistory.org/england/sjforrest/ Bibliographic directory] from Project Canterbury
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