Her run of success on the British TV show Opportunity Knocks led both Clarke and his mother to believe that he could make a living at poetry .
Clarke has attributed his early success in part to the influence of the English poet Pam Ayres .
poet 's run of success on the British TV show Opportunity Knocks led both Clarke and Clarke 's mother to believe that he could make a living at poetry .
Clarke has attributed his early success in part to the influence of the English poet Pam Ayres .