Robert A. Swan Robert A. Swan i(A23124 works by) (a.k.a. Robert Arthur Swan; R. A. Swan)
Born: Established: 2 Oct 1917 Broken Hill, Broken Hill area, Far West NSW, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 20 Oct 1999 New South Wales,
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon Bubbles of Time : meditations at Collins Rock, Woonona Robert A. Swan , Woonona : Robert A. Swan , 1998 Z1510395 1998 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon From and Down the Bulli Pass : Voices, Echoes, Visions, through Prospects, Perspectives, Passages, and Presences, in Seven Poem Sequences Robert A. Swan , Woonona : Robert A. Swan , 1996 Z1510408 1996 selected work sequence poetry Author's note: 'This poem sequence is woven about an image of the precipitous Bulli Pass down the Illawarra escarpment to the coastal plain and the sea.' (From Preface)
1 y separately published work icon Sea Soundings : Poems for the Illawarra Coast in Vistas, Voices, Silences and Shadowings Robert A. Swan , Woonona : Robert A. Swan , 1994 Z1510400 1994 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Shadows on the Wind : Presences and Absences in Wordwebs, Time-tides, Worldlines : A Poem-series Robert A. Swan , Woonona : Robert A. Swan , 1993 Z1510337 1993 selected work poetry Author's note: 'This poem-series is a synthesis of many poems woven around the title poem, "Presences and Absences : in wordwebs, time-tides, worldlines"... Supplementing the title poem are poems taken from earlier collections.' (From Preface)
1 y separately published work icon A Bridge of Dreams : Poems 1989-1990 Robert A. Swan , Mont Albert : Robert A. Swan , 1990 Z1510322 1990 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Shadows of the Rose : Poems 1987-1988 Robert A. Swan , Mont Albert : Robert A. Swan , 1988 Z1510390 1988 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Chart and Labyrinth : poems 1986-1987 Robert A. Swan , Melbourne : Robert A. Swan , 1987 Z1510375 1987 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Toward Ithaca : poems 1985-86 Robert A. Swan , Melbourne : Robert A. Swan , 1986 Z1510370 1986 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon The Fictive Universe : Poems 1981-1984 Robert A. Swan , Melbourne : Robert A. Swan , 1984 Z1510365 1984 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon World and Word : dreams and memories Robert A. Swan , Melbourne : Robert A. Swan , 1983 Z1510385 1983 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon To the Last Land : Seven Meditations for Adventurers Robert A. Swan , Melbourne : Robert A. Swan , 1983 Z1510380 1983 selected work sequence poetry
1 y separately published work icon Meditations for the Captain-General on a Voyage to Botany Bay Robert A. Swan , Melbourne : Robert A. Swan , 1983 Z1510334 1983 sequence poetry Author's note: 'The poems in this series were written and gathered together over the years from 1965 to 1973 during the course of historical researches into the origins of British Settlement into Australia... These poems reflect the thoughts meditations, feelings and insights of a twentieth century man contemplating the man [Captain Arthur] Phillip, his achievements, and the eighteenth century world to which he belonged.' (From Preface)
1 y separately published work icon Terra Australis Cognita : Being a Circuit in the Backyard Country Robert A. Swan , Melbourne : Robert A. Swan , 1982 Z1510327 1982 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon The Three Worlds : a poem-series Robert A. Swan , Melbourne : Robert A. Swan , 1982 Z1510317 1982 selected work poetry
1 In Memoriam : For Geoffrey Fairbairn i "Stepping down the laddered light of day,", Robert A. Swan , 1980 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , October vol. 24 no. 10 1980; (p. 19)
1 In Memoriam i "Your wild Blue Horses stamp and strain,", Robert A. Swan , 1977 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 21 no. 3 1977; (p. 77)
1 Sometimes... i "Sometimes,", Robert A. Swan , 1961 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 12 April vol. 82 no. 4235 1961; (p. 33)
1 To Caroline i "Looking at you, my daughter,", Robert A. Swan , 1960 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 23 November vol. 81 no. 4215 1960; (p. 59)
1 y separately published work icon Xmas Ballad for John Kinmont Moir Marie Swan , Robert A. Swan , Lower Ferntree Gully : John Kirtley , 1951 Z1428654 1951 single work poetry
1 Early Morning Rhapsody i "The gold light leaps and soars away", Robert A. Swan , 1950 single work poetry
— Appears in: Jindyworobak Anthology, 1950 1950; (p. 44)
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