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Notes
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Dedication: For my friends Adrian Lawlor and Anthony John Briggs
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Author's note: Certain of these Poems have appeared previously in the following Journals to whom due acknowledgements are made:
Art in Australia
Angry Penguins 2
Angry Penguins 3
Meanjin Papers
Jindyworobak Anthology 1942
Comment
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Adelaide,
South Australia,:The Warlock Press
, 1943 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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No Levelled Malice,
single work
essay
(p. 1-8)In this introduction to his selected work The Lonely Verge, Alister Kershaw states his view of poetry; 'Poetry is useless-"as useless as life itself-and as useful." That is its triumph.' (p. 2). Kershaw outlines his reasons for publishing in limited editions (the function of the poet, he writes, is not to 'seek the applause either of gutter-dwelling navvies or smart louts in a ball-room' (p. 2 )) and his poetic likes (Richard Aldington, Roy Campbell, D. H. Lawrence) and dislikes. Kershaw also discusses his poem Lands in Force and the other works published in The Lonely Verge.
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"The suns are hammered nightwards as they slumber,"
Lands in Force (Integration, Disintegration, Summation.)i"The suns are hammered nightwards as they sleep,",
single work
poetry
(p. 9-12)
Note: With first line: The suns are hammered nightwards as they slumber, and title: Lands in Force
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Lament for Peter Warlock
In Memory of Peter Warlocki"You of the waves",
single work
poetry
(p. 13)
Note: With title: Lament for Peter Warlock
- Night Musici"You were, perhaps, crying out then,", single work poetry (p. 14)
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Du Cote de Chez Everymani"The hero wore his hat as men",
single work
poetry
(p. 15)
Note: Dedication: To Stewart Preston
- Poemi"It could be only thus and thus", single work poetry (p. 16)
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Variation on a French Lyric of the 13th Centuryi"Smiling with skill, the unicorn has seen",
single work
poetry
(p. 17)
Note: Dedication: To Stewart Preston
- The Chance by Gesturesi"No thunder seeks the panic in my skull;", single work poetry (p. 18)
- A Night Like Any Otheri"This, you may say, is a night like any other-", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Long Severancei"Look past the minutes' anger, the long cease", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Invocationi"See -- and all the anguish;", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Exorcismi"Swift of the rain's motion, breath of the sky;", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Romai"I think of you in the silence", single work poetry (p. 23)
- The Farewelli"What quiet triumph have you achieved", single work poetry (p. 24)
- In Memory of D.H. Lawrencei"When in that mute moment", single work poetry (p. 25)
- The Welcomei"They have come from great distances - my poems,", single work poetry (p. 26)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Lonely Verge
1943
single work
review
— Appears in: Comment , October no. 17 1943; (p. 2-4)
— Review of The Lonely Verge : Poems 1943 selected work essay poetry
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The Lonely Verge
1943
single work
review
— Appears in: Comment , October no. 17 1943; (p. 2-4)
— Review of The Lonely Verge : Poems 1943 selected work essay poetry
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