The Long Game and Other Poems.The Long Game And Other Poems Bruce Beaver Bruce Victor Beaver (14 February, 1928–17 February, 2004) was an Australian poet. Beaver was born in Manly, New South Wales.[1] He worked at a number of jobs, as a cow farmer, in radio, as a wages clerk, a surveyor's labourer, fruit-picker, proof-reader and University of Queensland The University of Queensland (UQ) is the longest-established university in the state of Queensland, Australia, a member of Australia's Group of Eight, and the Sandstone Universities. It is also a founding member of the international Universitas 21 organisation. Press c/o International Specialized Book Services 920 Northeast 58th Avenue, Suite 300, Portland, OR 97213 0702235091 $22.95 1-800-944-6190 www.isbscatalog.com Bruce Beaver is quite justifiably jus·ti·fi·a·ble adj. Having sufficient grounds for justification; possible to justify: justifiable resentment. jus considered to be one of Australia's greatest poets. He passed away on February 17, 2004 at the age of seventy-six. The Long Game And Other Poems is a collection of his poetry written in the final years of his remarkable life and serve as appropriate literary memorial to his work. End of Century Poetry: When they started stripping off everything/down to the emotion's nub/while still retaining the G-string of intellect,/I joined in the dance and brought/along my own bongos just to make/separate staccato statements./Earlier I'd been engulfed by all that/understated stuff of old world-/weary music Empson avoided/but his followers followers see dairy herd. didn't. I had a ball/and played it out with the rest of the mild/and almost wild ones. Now I'm feeling the chill of/the Post-Modern malaise malaise /mal·aise/ (mal-az´) a vague feeling of discomfort. mal·aise n. A vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at the beginning of an illness. . No going/back but I think I'll skip the next/decade's steps and stick to my inner/ear's still different drumming. |
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