Poet Casey Bailey's Lord of the Rings inspired piece

A Spark That Fires the Engine is a poem by Birmingham poet Casey Bailey about how J.R.R. Tolkien's childhood memories of Sarehole provided the inspiration or "spark" of creativity that produced his wonderful stories of Middle-earth in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
Casey Bailey is an award winning writer, performer and educator, born and raised in Nechells, Birmingham, UK. Casey was the Birmingham Poet Laureate 2020 - 2022.
Credits:
Written and performed by Casey Bailey.
Produced by Phil Shand, Lantern Street Media.
Commissioned by Birmingham Museums Trust.