Collected Poems

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James Currey Publishers, 2001 - Literary Collections - 278 pages
R.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.

 

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Contents

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VIII
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XV
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CLXXXIX
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CXCI
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CXCII
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CXCIII
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CXCIV
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XIX
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XXVII
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XXXVI
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XL
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XLIII
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XLIV
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XLV
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XLVII
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LI
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LII
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LIV
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LVI
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LVII
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LIX
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LX
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LXIII
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LXXXII
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LXXXVII
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LXXXIX
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XCIII
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XCV
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XCVII
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XCIX
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CII
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CIV
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CV
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CVI
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CVIII
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CX
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CXI
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CXIV
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CXV
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CXVI
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CXVII
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CXVIII
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CXIX
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CXX
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CXXI
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CXXII
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CXXIII
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CXXV
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CXXVII
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CXXIX
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CXXX
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CXXXII
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CXXXIV
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CXXXVI
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CXXXVII
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CXXXVIII
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CXXXIX
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CXLI
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CXLIII
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CXLV
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CXLVI
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CXLVII
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CXLIX
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CL
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CLI
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CLII
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CLV
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CLVI
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CLVIII
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CLX
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CLXIII
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CLXV
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CLXVIII
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CLXX
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CLXXI
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CLXXII
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CLXXIII
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CLXXIV
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CLXXIX
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CLXXX
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CLXXXII
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CCIV
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CCVI
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CCVII
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CCXI
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CCXIII
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CCXV
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CCXIX
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CCXXXIII
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CCXXXIV
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CCXXXV
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CCXXXVI
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CCXXXVII
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CCXXXIX
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CCXLI
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CCXLII
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CCXLIV
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CCXLV
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CCXLVII
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CCXLVIII
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CCXLIX
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CCLI
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CCLII
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CCLIV
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CCLVI
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CCLVIII
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CCLIX
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CCLXI
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CCLXIII
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CCLXIV
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CCLXV
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CCLXVIII
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CCLXXII
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CCLXXIII
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CCLXXV
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CCLXXVII
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CCLXXXI
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CCLXXXII
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CCLXXXIV
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CCLXXXVII
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CCXC
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CCXCII
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CCXCVII
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CCXCVIII
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CCXCIX
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CCCI
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CCCII
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CCCIV
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CCCVI
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CCCVII
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CCCX
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CCCXI
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CCCXIII
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CCCXV
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CCCXVII
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CCCXVIII
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CCCXIX
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CCCXX
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CCCXXI
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CCCXXII
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CCCXXIV
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CCCXXV
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CCCXXVIII
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CCCXXX
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CCCXXXIII
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CCCXXXIV
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CCCXXXVI
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CCCXXXVII
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CCCXXXVIII
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CCCXL
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CCCXLI
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CCCXLV
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CCCXLVI
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CCCXLIX
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CCCL
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CCCLII
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CCCLIII
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CCCLIV
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CCCLV
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CCCLVII
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CCCLVIII
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CCCLXI
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CCCLXIII
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CCCLXV
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CCCLXVII
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CCCLXVIII
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CCCLXIX
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Bibliographic information

TitleCollected Poems
AuthorRalph Nixon Currey
ContributorRalph Nixon Currey
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherJames Currey Publishers, 2001
ISBN0852555733, 9780852555736
Length278 pages
Subjects › 

Literary Collections / African
Literary Criticism / General
Poetry / African
Poetry / General
  
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