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Issue Details: First known date: 2001... 2001 A Steady Storm of Correspondence : Selected Letters of Gwen Harwood : 1943-1995
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Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 2001 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Dust to Dust Memento Homo Quia Pulvis Es [Remember O man thou art dust]i"Policeman postman watchman fireman", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 67)
Note: Included in a letter to Vivian Smith, 16.12.1958, with author's comment: I got the idea for the opening lines from one of Bill's [her husband, a linguist] infant word-lists under the heading "man".
On a Second Reading of "Goods Train"i"When I consider how I used to write", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 102-103)
"Virtue and Hope depart. God's finger traces" Eloisa to Abelardi"Solace and hope depart. God's finger traces", Walter Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 126)
[To Vincent Buckley 1961]i"Dear Vin, Your employer's not able", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 137)
[To A. D. Hope, Thursday 26.10.61]i"Reich mir die Hand, du sehrgeliebter Mensch [Give me your hand beloved man]", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 143)
[To Vincent Buckley 16.8.1962]i"Dear Vincent, I'm just a computer", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 163)
Primavera Academicai"Nearing light God became mechanical", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 164)
[To Vincent Buckley 20.8.1962]i"Dear Vin, I don't write to importune", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 165)
[To Vincent Buckley 25.9.1962]i"Jones says on textual evidence", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 167)
[To Vincent Buckley 5.10.62]i"Dear Vincent, I give you fair warning", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 168)
[To Vincent Buckley 26.12.1962]i"Dear Vincent, I've just got me volume:", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 171-172)
[To Rex Hobcroft 9.12.1963]i"Last Sunday I was having tea", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 184)
[To Chris Wallace-Crabbe 13.12.1963]i"Mrs Harwood, busy cooking", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 185-186)
[To Larry Sitsky 14.11.1964]i"Usher's residence was cracked", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 196)
A Ballade of the Stockingsi"From the bronze plates of Davey Street", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 208)
[To Norman Talbot 23.4.1972]i"Dear Norman whom I've loved for ages", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 265-267)
[To Chris Wallace-Crabbe 11.8.1972]i"Back into the womb of light", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 270)
[To A. D. Hope 20.9.1973]i"By the grace of Gough Almighty", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 284-286)
Note: Accompanied by reproduction of postcard
[To Norman Talbot 30.4.1975]i"O how elegant and shiny", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 298-299)
To Chris Wallace-Crabbei"Dear Chris, I must thank you for writing", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 418)
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