A wonderful bit of detective work Grace, and many, many thanks. I think I may have uncovered the name of our annonymous poet. I have another poem signed by William J. Lee titled Jubilee, 1943, written when he was a POW at Jubilee Camp. I'll try to submit it.
Meanwhile, here's what I've found about William J. Lee:
After another quick search I think I may have located the poem by William J Lee that you have mentioned, along with another by one J. F. MacGregor, in what seems to be a letter to the editor published on June 11 1972. It's reproduced below, again from the HKU digital archives. The text also mentions his (then) Canadian address. A wonderful, haunting poem. I don't know if this is helpful to you, but I hope it is!
Kind regards
Grace
William J Lee Jubilee 1943.jpg, by SCMP, William J Lee
Thank you again, Grace. As it happens, I have this clipping. The poem Hong Kong 1941 is in my book and I'm going to add this Jubilee 1943 as a footnote with a remark that I believe the poet of HK 1941 to be William J Lee. Here's what I've found out about Mr Lee>
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Almond Eyes A-twinkle....HK 1941
A wonderful bit of detective work Grace, and many, many thanks. I think I may have uncovered the name of our annonymous poet. I have another poem signed by William J. Lee titled Jubilee, 1943, written when he was a POW at Jubilee Camp. I'll try to submit it.
Meanwhile, here's what I've found about William J. Lee:
http://www.hkvca.ca/cforcedata/indivreport/indivdetailed.php?regtno=C40…
Dear John -
Dear John -
After another quick search I think I may have located the poem by William J Lee that you have mentioned, along with another by one J. F. MacGregor, in what seems to be a letter to the editor published on June 11 1972. It's reproduced below, again from the HKU digital archives. The text also mentions his (then) Canadian address. A wonderful, haunting poem. I don't know if this is helpful to you, but I hope it is!
Kind regards
Grace
William J Lee
Thank you again, Grace. As it happens, I have this clipping. The poem Hong Kong 1941 is in my book and I'm going to add this Jubilee 1943 as a footnote with a remark that I believe the poet of HK 1941 to be William J Lee. Here's what I've found out about Mr Lee>
http://www.hkvca.ca/cforcedata/indivreport/indivdetailed.php?regtno=C40…
Thank you, John