Collected PoemsR.N. Currey's poetry records what happens to men in war and life. This is a collection of poems by the poet and writer R.N. Currey. Born in Mafeking in 1907, R.N. Currey was a soldier, poet and at one time a school teacher in Colchester. R.N. Currey is a poet who has pleased poets: T.S.Eliot told him in 1945 that his collection This Other Planet was 'the best war poetry I have seen in these last six years'; Dylan Thomas was so taken with the wit of 'Pelican, St James's Park' that he recited it from memory on a traffic island in front of the BBC just after he had met R.N. Currey for the first time; Roy Campbell, Guy Butler and Jack Cope claimed his work for South Africa. |
Contents
VI | 1 |
VII | 3 |
VIII | 4 |
IX | 5 |
X | 6 |
XI | 8 |
XIII | 9 |
XV | 10 |
CLXXXIII | 129 |
CLXXXV | 130 |
CLXXXVIII | 131 |
CLXXXIX | 132 |
CXCI | 133 |
CXCII | 136 |
CXCIII | 139 |
CXCIV | 141 |
XVI | 11 |
XVII | 12 |
XIX | 15 |
XXI | 16 |
XXII | 18 |
XXIII | 19 |
XXVI | 20 |
XXVII | 21 |
XXXII | 22 |
XXXIV | 23 |
XXXV | 24 |
XXXVI | 25 |
XXXVIII | 26 |
XL | 27 |
XLII | 28 |
XLIII | 31 |
XLIV | 33 |
XLV | 34 |
XLVII | 35 |
XLIX | 36 |
L | 37 |
LI | 38 |
LII | 39 |
LIV | 40 |
LVI | 41 |
LVII | 42 |
LIX | 43 |
LX | 44 |
LXIII | 45 |
LXV | 46 |
LXVII | 47 |
LXIX | 48 |
LXX | 49 |
LXXII | 50 |
LXXV | 51 |
LXXVII | 52 |
LXXIX | 53 |
LXXXI | 54 |
LXXXII | 55 |
LXXXIV | 56 |
LXXXVI | 57 |
LXXXVII | 58 |
LXXXIX | 59 |
XC | 60 |
XCII | 61 |
XCIII | 62 |
XCV | 63 |
XCVII | 64 |
XCIX | 65 |
C | 67 |
CII | 69 |
CIV | 71 |
CV | 72 |
CVI | 73 |
CVIII | 74 |
CX | 75 |
CXI | 76 |
CXIV | 77 |
CXV | 78 |
CXVI | 79 |
CXVII | 80 |
CXVIII | 82 |
CXIX | 84 |
CXX | 85 |
CXXI | 86 |
CXXII | 87 |
CXXIII | 88 |
CXXV | 90 |
CXXVII | 91 |
CXXIX | 92 |
CXXX | 93 |
CXXXII | 94 |
CXXXIV | 95 |
CXXXVI | 96 |
CXXXVII | 97 |
CXXXVIII | 98 |
CXXXIX | 99 |
CXLI | 100 |
CXLIII | 103 |
CXLV | 105 |
CXLVI | 106 |
CXLVII | 107 |
CXLIX | 108 |
CL | 109 |
CLI | 110 |
CLII | 111 |
CLV | 112 |
CLVI | 113 |
CLVIII | 114 |
CLX | 115 |
CLXIII | 116 |
CLXV | 117 |
CLXVIII | 118 |
CLXX | 119 |
CLXXI | 120 |
CLXXII | 121 |
CLXXIII | 122 |
CLXXIV | 123 |
CLXXVI | 124 |
CLXXVII | 125 |
CLXXIX | 126 |
CLXXX | 127 |
CLXXXII | 128 |
CXCV | 143 |
CXCVII | 144 |
CC | 145 |
CCII | 146 |
CCIV | 147 |
CCVI | 148 |
CCVII | 149 |
CCVIII | 151 |
CCIX | 152 |
CCXI | 154 |
CCXIII | 155 |
CCXV | 156 |
CCXVII | 157 |
CCXIX | 158 |
CCXXI | 159 |
CCXXII | 160 |
CCXXIV | 161 |
CCXXVI | 162 |
CCXXVIII | 163 |
CCXXX | 164 |
CCXXXI | 165 |
CCXXXII | 166 |
CCXXXIII | 167 |
CCXXXIV | 169 |
CCXXXV | 170 |
CCXXXVI | 171 |
CCXXXVII | 172 |
CCXXXIX | 173 |
CCXLI | 174 |
CCXLII | 175 |
CCXLIV | 176 |
CCXLV | 177 |
CCXLVII | 178 |
CCXLVIII | 179 |
CCXLIX | 180 |
CCLI | 181 |
CCLII | 182 |
CCLIV | 183 |
CCLVI | 184 |
CCLVIII | 185 |
CCLIX | 186 |
CCLXI | 187 |
CCLXIII | 188 |
CCLXIV | 189 |
CCLXV | 191 |
CCLXVIII | 192 |
CCLXXII | 193 |
CCLXXIII | 194 |
CCLXXV | 195 |
CCLXXVII | 196 |
CCLXXXI | 197 |
CCLXXXII | 198 |
CCLXXXIV | 199 |
CCLXXXVII | 200 |
CCXC | 201 |
CCXCII | 202 |
CCXCVII | 203 |
CCXCVIII | 205 |
CCXCIX | 206 |
CCCI | 207 |
CCCII | 209 |
CCCIV | 210 |
CCCVI | 211 |
CCCVII | 212 |
CCCX | 213 |
CCCXI | 214 |
CCCXIII | 215 |
CCCXV | 216 |
CCCXVII | 217 |
CCCXVIII | 218 |
CCCXIX | 219 |
CCCXX | 220 |
CCCXXI | 221 |
CCCXXII | 222 |
CCCXXIV | 223 |
CCCXXV | 224 |
CCCXXVIII | 225 |
CCCXXX | 226 |
CCCXXXIII | 227 |
CCCXXXIV | 228 |
CCCXXXVI | 229 |
CCCXXXVII | 230 |
CCCXXXVIII | 231 |
CCCXL | 234 |
CCCXLI | 239 |
CCCXLV | 240 |
CCCXLVI | 241 |
CCCXLIX | 242 |
CCCL | 243 |
CCCLII | 244 |
CCCLIII | 245 |
CCCLIV | 246 |
CCCLV | 248 |
CCCLVII | 250 |
CCCLVIII | 251 |
CCCLXI | 252 |
CCCLXIII | 254 |
CCCLXV | 257 |
CCCLXVII | 258 |
CCCLXVIII | 259 |
CCCLXIX | 261 |
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