There are some friends you don't meet for twenty years and when you meet them again it's as if no twenty years has happened - you're lucky when that happens. I feel the same about books.

The Sinai Sort. (2005). ' Another poet beside Donne whom MacCaig claimed was a great influence on his work was Louis MacNeice[citation needed].

Norman MacCaig (14 November 1910 – 23 January 1996) was a Scottish poet. His poetry in modern English is known for its humour simplicity of language and great popularity.