We being ourselves acquaintances of some standing

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For the portion of my friendlist to whom this pertains first: anyone wishing to know how Aziraphale and Crowley occupied their spare time in the 1940's is advised to read the first eight poems in Rosemary Dobson's The Ship of Ice: with other poems (1948), because the answer is evidently inspiring that book.

For everyone else: I am now reading pretty much everything of Dobson's this site has to offer. Just pick a title you like. I started with "Greek Coins" and "The Stone Circles" and kept reading.

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I'd not heard of Rosemary Dobson before. Thank you so much. She's brilliant.

I do find myself wishing that the individual poems were given dates. I'm curious when "The Stone Circles" was written, although it's got what I imagine is a Fifties post-apocalyptic feel about it.

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Thank you so much. She's brilliant.

I couldn't believe I had never read her, so I wanted to make sure the rest of my friendlist did not suffer the same fate.

I do find myself wishing that the individual poems were given dates. I'm curious when "The Stone Circles" was written, although it's got what I imagine is a Fifties post-apocalyptic feel about it.

It seems to have been published originally in The Three Fates & Other Poems (1984).

"I acknowledge most gratefully the award of a Senior Literary Fellowship from the Literature Board of the Australia Council for the years 1981–82, during which period some of these poems were written."