We being ourselves acquaintances of some standing

[sovay]

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.

Comments

[gwynnega]

Wow, I'd never even heard of Rosemary Dobson.

[zdenka]

Those are some excellent poems. I'd never heard of her either.

[rosefox]

Those are really marvelous. I adore "The Scarecrow".

[pameladean]

Oh, goodness. Yes indeed, it seems just like those two. Like rosefox, I was bowled over by "The Scarecrow." These are too rich to consume wholesale, but I will go back. Thank you.

P.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

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.

[sovay]

Wow, I'd never even heard of Rosemary Dobson.

I was browsing from a link from the Guardian—not to her poetry, just to that archive—and then I was reading everything I could find with her name on it. She only died last year. I'd had no idea she existed.

[sovay]

Those are some excellent poems. I'd never heard of her either.

I am trying to evangelize!

[sovay]

These are too rich to consume wholesale, but I will go back. Thank you.

You are welcome. I really wanted to share!

[sovay]

Those are really marvelous. I adore "The Scarecrow".

I'm so glad. She was a sudden where have you been all my life? moment of reading.

[sovay]

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."

[ajodasso.livejournal.com]

I think a lot about how they spent their spare time in most times and places, but I've been stuck in the 1920s-40s for other reasons lately. This is good to know ;)

[ajodasso.livejournal.com]

I think a lot about how they spent their spare time in most times and places, but I've been stuck in the 1920s-40s for other reasons lately. This is good to know ;)

[sovay]

This is good to know

I did think pretty directly of you. And of strange_selkie, who used to write for Milliways, but I am glad you agree.

[irisbleufic.livejournal.com]

I was aware of Milliways some years ago because some readers of mine were participants, but I was never involved myself :)