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Collected Poems 1936–1967
Collected Poems 1936–1967 is a collection of poems by Australian writer Douglas Stewart, published by Angus and Robertson in 1967.[1] The collection contains 235 poems, most of which were published in a number of the poet's earlier poetry collections.[2] The author notes in his "Acknowledgements" section of the book that some of the poems here had not previously been published in book form. ContentsTHE FLOWERING PLACE (1962–1967)
From RUTHERFORD (1962)
From THE BIRDSVILLE TRACK (1955)
From SUN ORCHIDS (1952)
From WORSLEY ENCHANTED (From Sun Orchids, 1952)
GLENCOE (1947)
From THE DOSSIER IN SPRINGTIME (1946)
From SONNETS TO THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER (1941) and ELEGY FOR AN AIRMAN (1940)
From THE WHITE CRY (1939)
From GREEN LIONS (1936)
Critical receptionWriting in The Bulletin fellow poet Vivian Smith called Stewart "a very fine poet indeed, one of the best this country has produced", and noted that "there is a special satisfaction in seeing how fully Stewart has developed over the years."[3] In the Sydney Morning Herald recommendations for the best books of 1967, a number or writers chose this collection. Bruce Beaver called the poems as "richly varied and inimitable as only he could make them"; Thelma Forshaw called Stewart a "poet who gives more pure pleasure than most"; H. G. Kippax noted that Stewart is "challenged only by Shaw Neilson as our finest lyric poet"; Leonie Kramer praised the "zest and directness" of the poetry; John Douglas Pringle called the poems "lyrical, humorous, precise and magical"; and Clement Semmler described the book as a "splendid collection...full of treasures."[4] Awards
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