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Dennis Greene Dennis Greene i(A67031 works by) (a.k.a. Dennis Augustine Greene)
Born: Established: 1949 Colchester, Essex,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1983
Heritage: English ; Irish
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1 Millennium Notes i "For those of us on the edge of things,", Dennis Greene , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Uneven Floor , May 2015;
1 Love What You've Done with the Place i "I’m trying to write a love-poem about paint.", Dennis Greene , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Uneven Floor , May 2015;
1 1 y separately published work icon Here Be Dragons Dennis Greene , Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2015 8337767 2015 selected work poetry

'Dennis Greene's poetry is meditative, wry and questing, with surprising eruptions of strangeness. It is built deftly and surely, grounded in subtleties and nuances of crafting and structuring; individual poems gather together as a greater tonal architecture. Literary shades such as Yeats, Wilfred Owen and Blake provide points of engagement or departure; as do figures like Magellan, Churchill, Darwin. Shakespeare murmurs ever-present in the wings.

'With curiosity and insistency Greene finds poems hidden in the light and shade of the everyday - in husband and father-hood, domesticity, the West Australian landscape. With quirky narratives both mythic and quotidian, moving discoveries, messages in bottles, he might be one of the explorers he writes about, returned but taking us via tellings and re-tellings to the edge of the mapped, the known, for shiver-and-goosebump glimpses of 'dragons'. ' (Publication summary)
1 Blueprints i "In the final days", Dennis Greene , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 2 no. 1 2012; (p. 62)
1 Captain Cook i "Captain Cook, having outstayed his welcome,", Dennis Greene , 2008 single work poetry
— Appears in: Blast , no. 8 (New series) 2008; (p. 27)
1 The Stalling of Birds Observed at Close Quarters i "At that exact moment,", Dennis Greene , 2008 single work poetry
— Appears in: Blast , no. 8 (New series) 2008; (p. 26)
1 Who's There i "It starts with one - one life, one seat, one stage", Dennis Greene , 2006 single work poetry
— Appears in: Blast , no. 4 (New series) 2006; (p. 47)
1 These My Words i "These my words:", Dennis Greene , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 49 no. 2004; (p. 73-74)
1 y separately published work icon What Panther i "What Panther...", Dennis Greene , Washington DC : IBPC Interboard Poetry Community , 2003 Z1179520 2003 single work poetry
1 War Memorial i "Let us build it now,", Dennis Greene , 2002- single work poetry
— Appears in: Poems About War 2002-;
1 y separately published work icon And His Voice Said Five i "At five o'clock", Dennis Greene , Washington DC : IBPC Interboard Poetry Community , 2002 Z1179533 2002 single work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Dear Wilfred i "...80 years gone, and still they die like cattle,", Dennis Greene , Washington DC : IBPC Interboard Poetry Community , 2002 Z1179394 2002 single work poetry
1 Labels i "Ernesto Che Guevara", Dennis Greene , 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: Unfamiliar Tides : The Newcastle Poetry Prize 2001/2002 2002;
1 Some Statements Concerning What the Wind Does i "The wind has torn my feet from my legs,", Dennis Greene , 2001 single work poetry
— Appears in: emPOWa : Poetry from Western Australia , Issue 2 2001; (p. 51)
1 Scheherazade i "When the words stopped", Dennis Greene , 2001 single work poetry
— Appears in: emPOWa : Poetry from Western Australia , Issue 2 2001; (p. 49-50)
1 Walls i "Wall do not care to differentiate", Dennis Greene , 2001 single work poetry
— Appears in: emPOWa : Poetry from Western Australia , Issue 2 2001; (p. 49)
1 In the Borderland i "Speaking universally", Dennis Greene , 2001 single work poetry
— Appears in: emPOWa : Poetry from Western Australia , Issue 2 2001; (p. 48)
1 Talent i "Monks from Tibet", Dennis Greene , 2001 single work poetry
— Appears in: emPOWa : Poetry from Western Australia , Issue 2 2001; (p. 47)
1 The White Horses i "Somebody's", Dennis Greene , 2001 single work poetry
— Appears in: emPOWa : Poetry from Western Australia , Issue 2 2001; (p. 46-47)
1 Afterimages of Family Gatherings i "He woke to find", Dennis Greene , 2001 single work poetry
— Appears in: emPOWa : Poetry from Western Australia , Issue 2 2001; (p. 45)
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