Possessions ['Sand has the ants...']
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| Author | Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937) |
|---|---|
| Title | Possessions ['Sand has the ants...'] |
| Notes | Manuscript in pen in Ivor Gurney's hand. On a loose-leaf page found in a black hard-cover exercise book inscribed 'I.B. Gurney / 1 Westfield Terrace / Longford / Gloucester'. Written on the reverse of the page showing 'Going Out At Dawn'. The poem exists in numerous drafts. The version shown here was included in P.J. Kavanagh's 'Ivor Gurney: Collected Poems' (2004). Another poem with the same title, found in the green manuscript notebook 64.3, begins 'France has victory...'. |
| Item Date | 1920 - 1922 |
| Creation place | England |
| File type | Image |
| Item source | Notebook |
| Item medium | Paper |
| Writing medium | Pen |
| Content | Poem |
| Collection ID | Papers of Ivor Gurney 64.4.72v |
| Repository name | The Ivor Gurney Archive |
| Repository address | Gloucestershire Archives Clarence Row, Alvin Street Gloucester GL1 3DW UK |
| Repository URL | http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/archives |
| Cataloguer | Alisa Miller |
| Filename | IG-64-4-72v.jpg |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/7234 |


