Rodney Purvis Rodney Purvis i(A15843 works by) (a.k.a. Rodney N. Purvis; Rodney Norman James Purvis)
Born: Established: 1930 ;
Gender: Male
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1 Lines on an Anatomy, on Taking a Shower Rodney Purvis , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , April vol. 67 no. 4 2023; (p. 80)
1 y separately published work icon Leaf-Dappled Light : Collected Poems 1969-2020 Rodney Purvis , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2022 24895913 2022 selected work poetry

'Leaf-dappled Light offers a glimpse into the life and times of the author. A life devoted to learning, teaching, creating. Years of revisiting, rewriting, and honing have produced a collection of poems that reflect a man who didn't shy away from difficult things. A love of the world, of nature and people, shines through the pages. The finely crafted words make his world tangible to the senses and to the heart.'  (Publication summary)
1 Woman, Sea and Myth i "No surprise that myth has woman rising", Rodney Purvis , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , December vol. 65 no. 12 2021; (p. 49)
1 Ezra Pound : London and After i "With Tapers Quenched, but with a mind on fire,", Rodney Purvis , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , July / August vol. 64 no. 7/8 2020; (p. 45)
1 Hamlet in Suburbia i "Part of a pattern now, abandoning", Rodney Purvis , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , October vol. 63 no. 10 2019; (p. 25)
1 Poetess Meets Poet i "They met as I recall,", Rodney Purvis , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , July / August vol. 63 no. 7/8 2019; (p. 61)
1 Life-Drawing Model i "Were your eyes blue, green or brown—", Rodney Purvis , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , April vol. 63 no. 4 2019; (p. 82)
1 Night on Mt. Erica i "Ferns, lissom snowboughs cream, olive", Rodney Purvis , 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 34 no. 3 1989; (p. 69)
1 Alternate Sundays i "It's the older one most worries me, the girl, first-born -", Rodney Purvis , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , April vol. 32 no. 4 1988; (p. 29)
1 Portrait of a Tenant i "I see she's put the snail-killer down today,", Rodney Purvis , 1986 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , July-August vol. 30 no. 7-8 1986; (p. 113)
1 Storm After Calm i "On-shore wind and a light rain mist-driven;", Rodney Purvis , 1984 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , June vol. 28 no. 6 1984; (p. 20)
1 Zoo Images (for Sophie) : Black Gibbon i "We seek the black gibbon from high up, behind glass;", Rodney Purvis , 1984 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , July-August vol. 28 no. 7-8 1984; (p. 72)
1 Zoo Images (for Sophie) : Giraffes i "The giraffes move close to us, elegant, gracile,", Rodney Purvis , 1984 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , July-August vol. 28 no. 7-8 1984; (p. 72)
1 Zoo Images (for Sophie) : Mandrill & Baboons i "The mandrill's brilliant mask, Prussian blue and scarlet,", Rodney Purvis , 1984 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , July-August vol. 28 no. 7-8 1984; (p. 72)
1 Zoo Images (for Sophie) Rodney Purvis , 1984 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , July-August vol. 28 no. 7-8 1984; (p. 72)
1 Resurrection : After Piero della Francesca i "It is so easy to forget, so easy to lapse", Rodney Purvis , 1983 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , April vol. 27 no. 4 1983; (p. 64)
1 A Day in a Life i "After a day of :", Rodney Purvis , 1983 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 27 no. 1-2 1983; (p. 83)
1 Proceedings i "Strange to see you in that corridor of faces", Rodney Purvis , 1983 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , October vol. 27 no. 10 1983; (p. 40)
1 Compound Failure i "Solitary,", Rodney Purvis , 1978 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 22 no. 9 1978; (p. 39)
1 Ezra Pound at Pisa: A Sketch i "Locked up in Pisa by the Americans like Nabonidus", Rodney Purvis , 1978 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , October vol. 22 no. 10 1978; (p. 49)
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