Letter (typescript, 9 January, 1945) enclosing poems (not present) 'mentioned to you by Mr Oliver Simon and Kathleen Raine'. With unfavourable reply (24 January, 1946) from Michael Swan.
M J T Tambimuttu: Correspondent Hockenhull, Donald
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Letter (typescript, 4 August, 1941) from Hockenhull to Tambimuttu, concerning manuscripts submitted. With the following poems (typescript): 'Cats in airpumps'; 'To H'; 'With daughter, squat facsimile…'; 'Song, for S'; 'Proposal to Prosperine'; 'War Poet'; 'Renunciation'; 'Parting'; 'Envoi'; 'D...
Three poems, typescript ('Exorcism', 'Fair Exchange', and 'Poem'), all published in Poetry London, 2:10 (1944), pp. 76-78 (where 'Poem' is entitled 'You Shouldn't Hang Up on Homer').
Letter [1945] from Capt Henderson to Tambimuttu, enclosing two poems in manuscript ('So through the hard grey rind of the world'; and 'Ba' wearie'), with outline biography. With unfavourable reply (18 December, 1945) from Tambimuttu.
Two letters (typescript, 25 July [1944], and manuscript, 11 July, 1945) from Eileen Hyde to Tambimuttu concerning poems submitted on behalf of her husband. Reply (27 November, 1945) from Tambimuttu, retaining 'Death of a Pilot' and 'Khaki' for inclusion in 'the Services number of PL'.