Hal Summers

Hal Summers CB (18 August 1911 – 22 December 2005) was a senior British civil servant. He published several volumes of poetry. Quotes My old cat is dead,Who would butt me with his head. "My Old Cat", as given in The Nation's Favourite Twentieth Century Poems, pub. BBC, 1999 Four o’clock strikes,There’s a rising hum,Then the doors fly open,The children come. "Out of School" Yesterday is safe,Tomorrow's full of danger,Yesterday's a face I know,Tomorrow is a stranger. "A Spell for Midnight" External links Category:Poets from England Category:Civil servants Category:1911 births Category:2005 deaths