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Brian James Brock Brian James Brock i(A29018 works by) (a.k.a. Brian Brock; Brock, Brian J)
Born: Established: 1936 Tumby Bay, Tumby Bay area, Southern Eyre Peninsula, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, ;
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon Summer Harvest Brian James Brock , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2020 19796648 2020 selected work poetry '‘With Summer Harvest, the Australian poet Brian Brock has offered us a feast of issues and moments worthy of serious consideration. His poetry is a conversation, a correspondence, a way of talking about things that truly matter; the paradoxical decay and drift of natural habitats beside human rights violations. We learn about the poet too; his service to country, his encyclopaedic knowledge of flora and fauna, his incredible grasp of the importance of marine biology, his lifelong interest in astronomy and how this awareness always provides the poet with direction, sometimes purpose against the backdrop of an often disorientating and complex world. His gift for announcing, for stating those things that many of us would overlook, is at times exceeded by his ability to fashion language to shape the mundane into an evolving and mutable reality.’ - Richard Hillman
'‘In all the work of Brian Brock, we have a scientist - a biologist - who is equally a poet. The felt life is in all he writes, whether it is place, people, often connected with the past, the near and distant past. In letters to friends, in descriptions of birds, predator and prey, in love with them all, always those verbs. ‘Light’ glows with them. He is at home in his country, in his backyard reading the constellations. In the time before dawn. In the sounds, the colours, the textures. And we are with him, delighting in the depth of observation, of his engagement with it all. Brian Brock offers a rich evocative harvest. Enjoy it with a glass of wine, coffee or a cup of tea. In 1985, I asked him to read to my Year 10 Advanced English class for students to meet the poet in the scientist. Now everyone can meet him in Summer Harvest.’ - Erica Jolly' (Publication summary)
1 Spin i "Late at night", Brian James Brock , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Collecting Writers 2013; (p. 162)
1 y separately published work icon Hunter's Place, Smith Road, Tharwa Brian James Brock , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2012 Z1919650 2012 selected work poetry
1 Radiotherapy i "Dear John,", Brian James Brock , 2007 single work poetry
— Appears in: Friendly Street Poets : Thirty-One : Unruly Sun : 2007; (p. 16)
1 Brightness of Moonlight i "Winter's skeletal shadows", Brian James Brock , 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bunyip , 31 July 2002; (p. 49)
1 y separately published work icon Spring Gleanings Brian James Brock , Oaklands Park : Pioneer Books , 2000 Z1133838 2000 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Autumn Peonies : fifty poems Brian James Brock , Prospect East : Brian James Brock , 1996 Z801077 1996 single work poetry
1 Beijing's Martyrs' Square (2.8.89) i "Who then", Brian James Brock , 1995 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , July-August vol. 39 no. 7-8 1995; (p. 76)
1 y separately published work icon May-Day! : poems Brian James Brock , Seacombe Gardens : Pioneer Books , 1985 Z801083 1985 single work poetry
1 The Kitchen Streaky Bay 1943 i "Lemon", Brian James Brock , 1985 single work poetry
— Appears in: Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Nine 1985; (p. 13-14)
1 y separately published work icon Catharsis : poems Brian James Brock , Seacombe Gardens : Pioneer Books , 1981 Z801080 1981 single work poetry
1 Sunday Back of Wingfield i "Angas Inlet Excursion", Brian James Brock , 1980 single work poetry
— Appears in: Words and Visions , March no. 4 1980; (p. 6)
1 Grange Beach i "shell fragments", Brian James Brock , 1980 single work poetry
— Appears in: Words and Visions , March no. 4 1980; (p. 6)
1 To Isobel i "fingers", Brian James Brock , 1980 single work poetry
— Appears in: Words and Visions , March no. 4 1980; (p. 6)
1 Fifth Test i "Adelaide", Brian James Brock , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Three 1979; (p. 21)
1 The Dream i "campers amongst the box trees", Brian James Brock , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Three 1979; (p. 20)
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