POETRY IN TRAMCARS
Sir,-May I fill in one or two gaps in your article on verses in Wellington tramcars? According .to information supplied by the general manager of the Transport Department, three poets . besides David McKee Wright have been so honoured: Hubert Church, Arthur Adams and Philip Grey. The poem by Arthur Adams. from The Four Queens, begins: Here, where the surges of a world of sea Break on our bastioned walls with leaguelong sweep, Philip Grey’s, like Church’s, is about Victoria College: No heritage of honour born of time Has ane thy halls, unheedful on thy ee This is one of five poems by Grey included in The Old Clay Patch, the anthology of V.U.C. Whether Grey went on writing verse, I don’t know. May I suggest that this idea be extended? Wellington has changed and so has poetry. In their appraisement of Wellington, the older poets seem to have been struck by her strength rather than by her beauty, but Wellington is, in certain ‘conditions and from certain ‘anglés, a very beautiful city and harbour. A selection of more recent verse placed in public vehicles might do Wellington fuller. justice, and would add to the aesthetic, emotional and intellectual
recreation of travellers. Some of the "tougher" verse might offer an agreeable change from crossword puzzles.
ALAN
MULGAN
J (Wellington).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 714, 20 March 1953, Page 5
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221POETRY IN TRAMCARS New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 714, 20 March 1953, Page 5
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