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  • Author:agent Douglas Stewart http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/stewart-douglas
Issue Details: First known date: 1973... 1973 Selected Poems
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Notes

  • Author's Foreword: ... It seemed to me convenient to group what remained of the poems from my first two books, Green Lions and The White Cry, under the heading "Early New Zealand Poems"; and it was tempting to place with those, as I have done, a few nostalgic poems about my native land written during my first two or three years in Sydney: chiefly the title poem from "Elegy for an Airman" (1940) and "The River" (which was originally entitled "The Waingongoro", only nobody in Australia could pronounce that) which made its appearance in book form as late as 1946 in The Dosser in Springtime - however I think it was written some years before that. ...

    One natural but disturbing result of omitting these wartime poems was, I discovered, that the selection then began to give the impression that the vast historical events of our time had made no impact on me at all: which was far from the truth. For this reason, among others, I have included a poem called 'The Breaking Wave' which does mention that there were such things as bombers and submarines disturbing our peace of mind; ..I suppose that on the whole my reaction to the violence of our time has been chiefly expressed, by image and implication, in the verse plays and Glencoe.

    Partly for that reason, and partly because I do not think that in their merits and defects, they can reasonably be separated from the rest of my poetry, I have included here extracts from each of the plays. ... Finally, the selection is more up to date than either the Collected Poems or the small Selected Poems in the Australian Poet series. (v-vi).

Contents

* Contents derived from the Cremorne, Cremorne - Mosman - Northbridge area, Sydney Northeastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1973 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Green Lionsi"The bay is gouged by the wind", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 3)
Poplar in the Mimi Valleyi"The slate-blue snarl of storm is on the south", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 3-4)
Mending the Bridgei"Burnished with copper light, burnished,", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
The Growing Strangenessi"I have a tree's tongue now and speak for stone", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 5-6)
Hostile Mountaini"Here is the patient hostility of rock", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
Morningi"Move brownly now, and with a leafy rustle", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 7-8)
Crowdi"Each of this salt and sullen mass has once", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 8)
Shinbone and Mossi"To extricate the river from the willows,", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 9-10)
Watching the Milkingi"In the ashen evening a bird's song spouts in silver", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 10-11)
Heart of the Worldi"I feel now like some mariner who lies", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 11)
Momenti"The black cup of a winter dusk", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 12)
Tablet for the Lonely Wateri"Suppose the shifting white fire of her feet", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
Ruinsi"Two golden butterflies mating over the ruins", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 13)
On the Crest of the Ridgei"So much of shade and silver, ridge and valley,", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 14)
Turn Eagle, Larki"O singing heart turn hawk; turn eagle, lark:", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
Haystacki"The creamy frost of toi-toi plumes", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 15-16)
The White Cryi"Where boughs green not with leaves but moss", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
Look Now for Country Atlasi"Soft weight of russet light", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 17-18)
Villagei"Mooning here and hungering after", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 18)
Perceived in Chill and Windy Duski"Perceived in chill and windy dusk", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 19)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Glimpsing Heaven Penelope Nelson , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , July-August vol. 37 no. 7-8 1993; (p. 117-119)

— Review of Selected Poems John Shaw Neilson , 1993 selected work poetry ; Momentum Alan Gould , 1992 selected work poetry ; The Floor of Heaven John Tranter , 1992 selected work poetry ; Sydney's Poems : A Selection on the Occasion of the City's One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary 1842-1992 1992 anthology poetry ; Selected Poems Douglas Stewart , 1973 selected work poetry drama extract
Poets and Possums Ross Campbell , 1973 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 2 June vol. 95 no. 4857 1973; (p. 54-55)

— Review of Selected Poems Douglas Stewart , 1973 selected work poetry drama extract
Two Perspectives in the Poetry of Douglas Stewart Leonie Kramer , 1973 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , September vol. 33 no. 3 1973; (p. 286-299) Considerations : New Essays on Kenneth Slessor, Judith Wright and Douglas Stewart 1977; (p. 127-142)
Glimpsing Heaven Penelope Nelson , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , July-August vol. 37 no. 7-8 1993; (p. 117-119)

— Review of Selected Poems John Shaw Neilson , 1993 selected work poetry ; Momentum Alan Gould , 1992 selected work poetry ; The Floor of Heaven John Tranter , 1992 selected work poetry ; Sydney's Poems : A Selection on the Occasion of the City's One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary 1842-1992 1992 anthology poetry ; Selected Poems Douglas Stewart , 1973 selected work poetry drama extract
Poets and Possums Ross Campbell , 1973 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 2 June vol. 95 no. 4857 1973; (p. 54-55)

— Review of Selected Poems Douglas Stewart , 1973 selected work poetry drama extract
Two Perspectives in the Poetry of Douglas Stewart Leonie Kramer , 1973 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , September vol. 33 no. 3 1973; (p. 286-299) Considerations : New Essays on Kenneth Slessor, Judith Wright and Douglas Stewart 1977; (p. 127-142)
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