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Issue Details: First known date: 1962... 1962 Dorset Village
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Notes

  • Buildings and places described in some of the poems are pictured in the sketch map of the village of Shelford St. Michael in the inside cover of the book. Sansom discusses twenty-six of his poems in the notes at the end of the text.

Contents

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Methuen , 1962 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The 'Dorset Nose'i"Startling to observe on the face of a Dorset yeoman,", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 13)
Landlordi"No, no, I don't hold wi' these coloured waters,", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 14)
Farm Laboureri"Bent in a stumbling walk,", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 15)
Carpenteri"'Wood', sonny? That's not wood! - that's elm!", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 16)
The Dolls'-Housei"Trudging dun Yell'ham's crest", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 17)
'The Green Cockatoo'i"In a cosy atmosphere of Tudor beams,", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 18)
Village Storei"And there John Bennett stands,", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 19)
Sweet Shopi"Mrs Parry Thomas was never a child,", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 20)
The Churchyardi"Tilting, nodding, the headstones confer together", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 25-27)
Almshousei"Larger than a grave, the room she waits in;", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 27)
Vergeri"'Sir, did you mark the old Norman Road", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 28-29)
On St Michael's Toweri"Leaning out over its peaceful battlements,", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 29-30)
Harvest Festivali"Creator and Father of all ....", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
Christmas Waitsi"In the church-porch our rounds began", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 31-32)
Rectori"Sometimes, I confess, it saddens me.", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 33-34)
Ducking-Pondi"How amazed the minnows when", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 37)
Stocksi"This trap which held strong men", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 37-38)
Schoolmistressi"Straight-backed as a Windsor chair", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 38-39)
Cricketi"In boundary grass and domed", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 39-40)
Country Fairi"Eyes round as rings and lips a frowning O,", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 40-41)

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Works about this Work

Clive Sansom Owen W. Reid , 1965 single work criticism
— Appears in: Tasmanian Education , December vol. 17 no. 3 1965; (p. 130-133)
[Review] Dorset Village [et al]. Dorothy Auchterlonie , 1963 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , Autumn vol. 7 no. 2 1963; (p. 91-93,95)

— Review of Dorset Village Clive Sansom , 1962 selected work poetry ; Deep Well Roland Robinson , 1962 selected work poetry ; Outrider : Poems, 1956-1962 Randolph Stow , 1962 selected work poetry ; Poems David Campbell , 1962 selected work poetry
[Review] Dorset Village [et al]. Dorothy Auchterlonie , 1963 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , Autumn vol. 7 no. 2 1963; (p. 91-93,95)

— Review of Dorset Village Clive Sansom , 1962 selected work poetry ; Deep Well Roland Robinson , 1962 selected work poetry ; Outrider : Poems, 1956-1962 Randolph Stow , 1962 selected work poetry ; Poems David Campbell , 1962 selected work poetry
Clive Sansom Owen W. Reid , 1965 single work criticism
— Appears in: Tasmanian Education , December vol. 17 no. 3 1965; (p. 130-133)
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