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Ron Pretty Ron Pretty (A6444 works by) (a.k.a. Ronald Keith Pretty)
Born: Established: 16 Oct 1940 ; Died: Ceased: 30 Jun 2023

Gender: Male

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Grace Notes "It begins with a comparison: a budgie", Ron Pretty , single work poetry

1 1 y 101 Poems Ron Pretty , World Square : Pitt Street Poetry , 2022 26089144 2022 selected work poetry

1 y In the Cave Ron Pretty , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2022 24499470 2022 selected work poetry

1 Widower "in the sink his hands", Ron Pretty , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 89 2019;

1 White and Friend Ron Pretty , 2018 single work essay
— Appears in: Antipodes , vol. 32 no. 1/2 2018; (p. 137-143)

1 Merlin "Almost a century before Friend & Drysdale", Ron Pretty , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 31 no. 1 2017; (p. 145-146)

1 1 y The Left Hand Mirror Ron Pretty , World Square : Pitt Street Poetry , 2017 14042528 2017 selected work poetry

1 The Celebration of a Life Richly Lived Ron Pretty , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , July-September no. 23 2017;

1 Peacocks "When the rain came that afternoon, I", Ron Pretty , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , no. 40 2017; Quadrant , April vol. 62 no. 4 2018; (p. 84)

1 Out of the Table, Endlessly Rocking. "I write at an unsteady table", Ron Pretty , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , no. 40 2017;

1 Vibrato "Sand between the toes, she remembers", Ron Pretty , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , no. 40 2017;

1 Pigeons of the Dome "From here on the balcony we see them: pigeons", Ron Pretty , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 61 no. 3 2017; (p. 110) The Best Australian Poems 2017 2017; (p. 132)

1 Siren "Wendy remembers the miners of the village,", Ron Pretty , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 61 no. 3 2017; (p. 92)

1 Wallabies, Hill End "A black faced wallaby", Ron Pretty , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 61 no. 3 2017; (p. 74)

1 A Glass Ceiling "bird fallen unperched & winded", Ron Pretty , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Long Paddock , vol. 75 no. 3 2016;

1 A Slate Sky "That time of day when the light fades", Ron Pretty , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , April vol. 60 no. 4 2016; (p. 71)

1 Choking "Fruit of childhood and poverty", Ron Pretty , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , April vol. 60 no. 4 2016; (p. 71)

1 River Flat "The crows are out tonight in the gums", Ron Pretty , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , April vol. 60 no. 4 2016; (p. 44)

1 Broken "how all of it's connected but none of it makes sense", Ron Pretty , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Anthology 2016; (p. 53)

1 Parks and Wildlife "Not only kangaroos & black faced wallabies", Ron Pretty , 2016 single work
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 6 no. 2 2016; (p. 59)

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