Three poems (typescript): 'Poppy and Mandragora'; and two poems published in Poetry London, 2:8 (1942), pp. 110-112: 'The Acid of the Heart' and '…on one side lay the ocean…'.
Correspondence: Treece to the Editor (manuscript, Seven letterhead, 2 January, 1939), submitting 'some poems', one of which is attached ('The Seasons'), with envelope; Treece to Tambimuttu (typescript, 29 April, [?1939]), referring to remarks by Tambimuttu on an essay by Treece on Dylan Thomas,...
Five brief poems typed onto a single sheet: 'Earlier Dream', 'The Mountain', 'Moving Picture', 'The Secret', and 'Stone Block'. The latter two poems are listed in the catalogue of the Papers of Gore Vidal at the Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University (MS Am 2350: Series I...
Correspondence: Hendry to Tambimuttu (manuscript, 23 April, 1941), including three poems in manuscript ('The White Horse Man'; 'Kalemegdan: Beograd, 1939'; 'Adonaï'); M J Hendry to the Editor (typescript, 4 May, 1945), enclosing poems on behalf of his brother - letter annotated by Tambimuttu in...
M J T Tambimuttu: Correspondent Porteus, Hugh Gordon
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Correspondence: Porteus to Tambimuttu (manuscript, July 1945), requesting publications for review and enclosing a poem ('Three Things'); Tambimuttu to Porteus (9 November, 1945), accepting the poem. Poetry (typescript): 'Three Things'; 'African Prelude'; 'The Oracles' (1942); five poems transla...
Correspondence: Tambimuttu to Prince (airgraph, 16 May, 1944), thanking him for 'The Hanging Church' which is to be included 'in the Services anthology I am compiling' and requesting further poems; Prince to Tambimuttu (manuscript, 10 May, [1945]), requesting return of 'The Orchard' ('I refuse p...
Two letters from Causley (manuscript, 1 September, and 24 September, 1943), and a copy letter (9 November, 1945) from Tambimuttu. In the first letter, Petty Officer Causley provides a brief outline of his career and interests to date ('I was 26 in August'). With three poems in typescript ('A s...
Letter (manuscript, 3 July, 1941) from Gawsworth to Tambimuttu ('Have just seen Poetry No. 6. How do you do it?'). Poems (typescript): 'Home and Drome'; 'Rookies' Raid'; 'The Rivals'; 'First Letter Home'; 'Bayonet Instruction'; 'Reposted'; 'Orderly Room'; 'After Duty'. Poems (manuscript): 'Di...