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Issue Details: First known date: 1994... 1994 View from the Turret : (World War II)
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Notes

  • Dedication: Marion.
  • Epigraph: 'So are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them' -- Ecclesiastics 9, 12.
  • A short history of WWII - Air-Gunner Clough and his mates (Frontpapers).
  • 'My brave failed hero - / They will not erect your statue / in the park' (Endpapers).

Contents

* Contents derived from the Wollongong, Wollongong area, Illawarra, South Coast, New South Wales,:Five Islands Press , 1994 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
View from the Turret : World War II : Part I : Clough after 1990, John Millett , single work poetry war literature (p. 13-18)
View from the Turret : World War II : Part I : Clough after 1990 : Concorde Flight New York to Londoni"The great jet rises and the hostess", John Millett , single work poetry war literature (p. 14-15)
View from the Turret : World War II : Part I : Clough after 1990 : Return to Europe - 1993/4 : D-Day Commemorations, 6 June 1994i"These old men come here", John Millett , single work poetry war literature (p. 16-17)
View from the Turret : World War II : Part I : Clough after 1990 : Vineyards, Douro River - North Portugali"We are driving along the Douro valley", John Millett , single work poetry war literature (p. 18)
View from the Turret : World War II : Part II : Air War England. 1939-45, John Millett , single work poetry war literature (p. 19-61)
View from the Turret : World War II : Part II : Air War England. 1939-45 : Arrivali"When we reached London", John Millett , single work poetry war literature (p. 21-22)
View from the Turret : World War II : Part II : Air War England. 1939-45 : Awaiting Postings to Operational Squadronsi"We were anonymous in dark blue uniforms,", John Millett , single work poetry war literature (p. 23-24)
View from the Turret : World War II : Part II : Air War England. 1939-45 : World of Dogi"I owned a tracker dog once -", John Millett , single work poetry war literature (p. 25)
Separate Postings - UK WWII : Holding Depot - Brighton View from the Turret : World War II : Part II : Air War England. 1939-45 : Brighton Streets at Sundowni"Dusk crouched under the shop awnings,", John Millett , single work poetry war literature (p. 26)
View from the Turret : World War II : Part II : Air War England. 1939-45 : Old Photographi"My grandmother -", John Millett , single work poetry war literature (p. 27)
Separate Postings - UK WWII : Bomber Squadron View from the Turret : World War II : Part II : Air War England. 1939-45 : Dog as Metaphori"Bored with Brighton I went AWL", John Millett , single work poetry war literature (p. 28-29)
View from the Turret : World War II : Part II : Air War England. 1939-45 : Return to Brighton Holding Depoti"When I returned to Brighton", John Millett , single work poetry war literature (p. 32)
View from the Turret : World War II : Part II : Air War England. 1939-45 : On Paradei"The Air Marshall said:", John Millett , single work poetry war literature (p. 33)
View from the Turret : World War II : Part II : Air War England. 1939-45 : The Seven Bedsi"I reached my squadron at night.", John Millett , single work poetry war literature (p. 34)
View from the Turret : World War II : Part II : Air War England. 1939-45 : Night of St Elmos Fires - (March 1943)i"St Elmos Fires are ghostly companions,", John Millett , single work poetry war literature (p. 35)
View from the Turret : World War II : Part II : Air War England. 1939-45 : Small Bicycle Wind of Summer (to Jenny Levine)i"She was walking across the moors", John Millett , single work poetry war literature (p. 36)
View from the Turret : World War II : Part II : Air War England. 1939-45 : Rhinoi"The lead gunner in Clough's crew", John Millett , single work poetry war literature (p. 37)
View from the Turret : World War II : Part II : Air War England. 1939-45 : Granny (1880-)i"Tonight I think of your pale world grandmother,", John Millett , single work poetry war literature (p. 38)
View from the Turret : World War II : Part II : Air War England. 1939-45 : Aircraft F for Freddiei"0900 hours - the radio signal bleak, clear.", John Millett , single work poetry war literature (p. 39)
View from the Turret : World War II : Part II : Air War England. 1939-45 : Gunneri"He fires at darkness", John Millett , single work poetry war literature (p. 40)
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— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 40 no. 3 1996; (p. 84-86)
— Review of View from the Turret : (World War II) John Millett , 1994 sequence poetry
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— Appears in: Northern Perspective , Wet Season vol. 18 no. 2 1995; (p. 215-216)
— Review of View from the Turret : (World War II) John Millett , 1994 sequence poetry
Fighting War's Many Fronts Heather Cam , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 February 1995; (p. 8A)
— Review of Flying the Coop : New and Selected Poems 1972-1994 Rhyll McMaster , 1994 selected work poetry ; View from the Turret : (World War II) John Millett , 1994 sequence poetry ; The Life on Water and the Life Beneath J. S. Harry , 1995 selected work poetry
Clear Eyes and Muddy Palettes Alan Gould , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , May vol. 39 no. 5 1995; (p. 78-81)
— Review of Night Rainbows Jan Owen , 1994 selected work poetry ; Our Houses Are Full of Smoke Debbie Westbury , 1994 selected work poetry ; View from the Turret : (World War II) John Millett , 1994 sequence poetry ; South China Dane Thwaites , 1994 selected work poetry ; Flying the Coop : New and Selected Poems 1972-1994 Rhyll McMaster , 1994 selected work poetry ; Burning Swans John Mateer , 1994 selected work poetry ; Coming Up for Light Aileen Kelly , 1994 selected work poetry ; West of Krakatoa : Poems S. K. Kelen , 1994 selected work poetry ; Fireworks and Sparrows : Selected Poems S. S. Charkianakis , 1994 selected work poetry ; Language of the Icons Dipti Saravanamuttu , 1993 selected work poetry
Poetry Shorts Liat Kirby , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 172 1995; (p. 45-46)
— Review of Bonetown : Poems Steve Evans , 1994 selected work poetry ; View from the Turret : (World War II) John Millett , 1994 sequence poetry ; Wildlife in Newtown Colleen Burke , 1994 selected work poetry ; The Breaking Line 1995 anthology poetry
Untitled Helen Horton , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , July vol. 7 no. 2 1995; (p. 96-98)
— Review of The Painter of Icons Silvana Gardner , 1993 selected work poetry ; View from the Turret : (World War II) John Millett , 1994 sequence poetry ; The Life on Water and the Life Beneath J. S. Harry , 1995 selected work poetry ; Abracadabra Dennis Haskell , 1993 selected work poetry
Untitled Mark Roberts , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Scarp , May no. 26 1995; (p. 56-62)
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Poetry Shorts Liat Kirby , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 172 1995; (p. 45-46)
— Review of Bonetown : Poems Steve Evans , 1994 selected work poetry ; View from the Turret : (World War II) John Millett , 1994 sequence poetry ; Wildlife in Newtown Colleen Burke , 1994 selected work poetry ; The Breaking Line 1995 anthology poetry
Clear Eyes and Muddy Palettes Alan Gould , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , May vol. 39 no. 5 1995; (p. 78-81)
— Review of Night Rainbows Jan Owen , 1994 selected work poetry ; Our Houses Are Full of Smoke Debbie Westbury , 1994 selected work poetry ; View from the Turret : (World War II) John Millett , 1994 sequence poetry ; South China Dane Thwaites , 1994 selected work poetry ; Flying the Coop : New and Selected Poems 1972-1994 Rhyll McMaster , 1994 selected work poetry ; Burning Swans John Mateer , 1994 selected work poetry ; Coming Up for Light Aileen Kelly , 1994 selected work poetry ; West of Krakatoa : Poems S. K. Kelen , 1994 selected work poetry ; Fireworks and Sparrows : Selected Poems S. S. Charkianakis , 1994 selected work poetry ; Language of the Icons Dipti Saravanamuttu , 1993 selected work poetry
Fighting War's Many Fronts Heather Cam , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 February 1995; (p. 8A)
— Review of Flying the Coop : New and Selected Poems 1972-1994 Rhyll McMaster , 1994 selected work poetry ; View from the Turret : (World War II) John Millett , 1994 sequence poetry ; The Life on Water and the Life Beneath J. S. Harry , 1995 selected work poetry
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