{"id":289,"date":"2005-10-03T08:05:10","date_gmt":"2005-10-03T08:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/walleahpress.com.au\/currajah\/?p=289"},"modified":"2022-03-20T08:05:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T08:05:44","slug":"vale-ray-stuart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walleahpress.com.au\/currajah\/index.php\/2005\/10\/03\/vale-ray-stuart\/","title":{"rendered":"Vale Ray Stuart"},"content":{"rendered":"

VALE RAY STUART<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Sad news. This from the Friendly Street Poets<\/a> website:<\/span><\/p>\n

Friendly Street is saddened to learn of the recent death of Ray Stuart.<\/p>\n

Ray was a regular at Friendly Street for many years, making valuable contributions as poet and editor (co-editing Friendly Street Poetry Reader 24<\/em> with Jude Aquilina<\/a>), Committee Member and Convenor.<\/p>\n

His warmth, wisdom, humour and poetry will be sorely missed.<\/p>\n

Friendly Street passes on its deepest condolences and sympathy to Ray’s wife, Heather, and family.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ray had intended to launch his second collection of poems, High Mountainous Country – No Reliable Information<\/em> (from local publisher, Forty Degrees South) in Hobart last week.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ray Stuart<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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LANGUAGES<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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‘Ich weiss nicht<\/span><\/em>was soll es bedeuten<\/span><\/em>dass ich so traurig bin’<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Heinrich Heine<\/span><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

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Within the attic of my mind<\/span><\/dt>\n
in the furthest lit corner<\/span><\/dt>\n
an explanation of tenses<\/span><\/dt>\n
scattered French verbs<\/span><\/dt>\n
and a fragment of Caesar<\/span><\/dt>\n
in Cisalpine Gaul.<\/span><\/dt>\n
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On the camphorwood chest<\/span><\/dt>\n
a blue folder signed off<\/span><\/dt>\n
in unmistakable English.<\/span><\/dt>\n
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Through the dormer window<\/span><\/dt>\n
past a wind-moved tree<\/span><\/dt>\n
a shoreline in moonlight<\/span><\/dt>\n
where the Lorelei still sings,<\/span><\/dt>\n
but now on sandstone rocks<\/span><\/dt>\n
and to the tune of a steel guitar.<\/span><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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