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
- An Affectionate Portrait
- The Anglican Poetry of S.J. Forrest, by Richard J. Mammana