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Time on Fire (1961) is the debut collection of poems by Australian poet Thomas Shapcott. It won the Grace Leven Prize for Poetry in 1961.[1]
| Author | Thomas Shapcott |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Poetry collection |
| Publisher | Jacaranda press |
Publication date | 1961 |
| Publication place | Australia |
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| Pages | 88 pp |
| Preceded by | – |
| Followed by | The Mankind Thing |
The collection includes 61 poems by the author that are reprinted from various sources, although some are published here for the first time.[1]
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While reviewing a subsequent volume of poems in The Canberra Times, the critic T. Inglis Moore noted: "In his initial Time on Fire he emerged as a fresh and lively lyricist, with a flexibility of rhythms that reminded one of Dylan Thomas. He tackled urban and rural themes alike with sensitivity and a sharp, reflective intelligence. In his first book and its successors there were, however, certain weaknesses – sometimes the fluidity fell into facility or looseness, the originality into word play for its own sake, the search for meanings into obscurity."[2]
The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature referred to the collection as being "largely autobiographical, reflecting the country boy's distaste for the garish city environment; the wakening of young love; courtship, marriage, parenthood; and a preoccupation with transience."[3]
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