Poets at War : An Anthology of Verse by Australian Servicemen

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Editor: Ian Mudie

Issue Details: First known date: 1944... 1944 Poets at War : An Anthology of Verse by Australian Servicemen

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Editor's note: The editor hopes that this volume will go some way towards dispelling the cartoonists' myth that the Australian serviceman is a bullying oaf with no interests other than booze, swei, women, brawls, bludging, and going A.W.L.

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Georgian House ,Jindyworobak Publications , 1944 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.

The Hut"A stranger pausing on the old coach road", A. G. Austin , single work poetry war literature (p. 15)

The Submarine"Spurning the shore and outer quay,", J. Alex Allan , single work poetry war literature (p. 16-18)

Infantryman in Palestine"I walk the ancient hills of God-", Val Anderson , single work poetry war literature (p. 19)

To My Enemy"I cannot see you through the blinding sand,", C. W. Baker , single work poetry war literature (p. 20)

Jungle Birthday"I wish that I was young again tonight", C. W. Baker , single work poetry war literature (p. 21)

Extreme Unction"Night shall be a ghostly altar-cloth", Raymond Baker , single work poetry war literature (p. 22)

Horizons"Where the sharp green teeth of waves", Mary Bell (fl. 1939-1945) , single work poetry war literature (p. 23)

When It's Springtime On the Clarence"There are jacarandas growing,", Bert Beros , single work poetry war literature (p. 24-25)

From : Nostalgia"It's springtime now in Aussie,", Bert Beros , extract poetry war literature (p. 26)

What the Bullets Sang"I saw Death, once, sprawled in the sunny grass,", Maurice Biggs , single work poetry war literature (p. 27)

Battle Dress"Flowers of red have sped us on our way;", Maurice Biggs , single work poetry war literature (p. 28)

From the Fallen"The leaves are gone from the tree,", Kenneth Harry Bradshaw , single work poetry war literature (p. 29)

In a Solemn Hour"Though years in ruin fall in flame and blood,", Ernest Briggs , single work poetry war literature (p. 30)

Who Shall Not Come Again"There is a sense of rightness in a death", Ernest Briggs , single work poetry (p. 31)

Look Not, Comrade, North by West"From this high-tossing breaker's crest", T. S. Browning , single work poetry war literature (p. 32-33)

Stand To"Stand to, old man. Stand to!", Paul Buddee , single work poetry war literature (p. 34)

Requiem"You, who have from this world just passed away,", H. Burkitt , single work poetry war literature (p. 35)

Looking South"The mellow days of summer's end have come to Palestine,", R. S. Byrnes , single work poetry war literature (p. 36)

Syrian Damozel"The laughing girls", R. S. Byrnes , single work poetry war literature (p. 37)

Song Out of Syria"Where Hiram felled his cedar-wood,", R. S. Byrnes , single work poetry war literature (p. 38)

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Adelaide and the Country : The Literary Dimension Jill Roe , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Adelaide : A Literary City 2014; (p. 111-123)

Poetry and War in Retrospect Hew Roberts , 1946 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin Papers , [Spring] vol. 5 no. 3 1946; (p. 230-236)

The Spur of War Arthur Murphy , 1946 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 7 no. 1 1946; (p. 47-49)
— Review of Poets at War : An Anthology of Verse by Australian Servicemen 1944 anthology poetry

In Passing Ronald Campbell , 1945 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 1 March vol. 80 no. 948 1945; (p. 164)

Poets at War Shirley Joan Deane , 1945 single work review
— Appears in: Poetry , June no. 15 1945; (p. 27-30)
— Review of Poets at War : An Anthology of Verse by Australian Servicemen 1944 anthology poetry

The Current Literary Scene Max Harris , 1945 single work review
— Appears in: Angry Penguins , no. [8] 1945; (p. 169-175)
— Review of Poets at War : An Anthology of Verse by Australian Servicemen 1944 anthology poetry ; Fourteen Minutes : Short Sketches of Australian Poets and Their Work, From Harpur to the Present Day: Based on Wireless Talks Delivered for the A.B.C. in 1942 H. M. Green , 1944 selected work criticism ; We're Going Through : A Radio Verse Play of the A.I.F. T. Inglis Moore , 1943 single work radio play ; Barjai 1943-1947 periodical (15 issues); Forests of Pan : A Selection of Poems Not Hitherto Reprinted from Hugh McCrae's Satyrs and Sunlight 1928 Hugh McCrae , 1944 selected work poetry ; As Iron Hills : Poems Flexmore Hudson , 1944 selected work poetry ; Fallen Petals James P. Gray , 1944 selected work poetry ; Southerly vol. 5 no. 4 1944 periodical issue ; I Hear the Tramp of Millions F. Oswald Barnett , 1945 selected work poetry

Our Poets at War R. G. H. , 1945 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3 February no. 33421 1945; (p. 7)
— Review of Poets at War : An Anthology of Verse by Australian Servicemen 1944 anthology poetry