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thevery midst of the struggle itself.Nevertheless,the present and greatest war of all time has notso far proved fertile;no poet approaching thestature of Wilfred Owen or of SiegfriedSassoon or of Rupert Brooke has yet emerged.With the publication,however,of the presentsmall volume the publishers believe—and theyare not alone in their belief—that a beginninghas at last been made,that Dispersal Point isthe first important collection of poems of thiswar.  \nIt is perhaps fitting,too,that these poemsshould spring from a Service which,rising toa tremendous occasion,stepped over the veryrim of human horizon.The deeds of theR.A.F.speak for themselves;but the men,Tom,Dick and Harry,who fight with newweapons in the uneasy twilight of the oldworld,are always a part of humanity.Theseare the young men who rarely say goodbye,and who,in their very singleness,escapeperhaps a prose description—Johnny-head-in-air,Johnny-in-the-cloud,Johnny-the-bright-star,to whom we owe it:  \nTo'keep your headAnd see his children fed.  \nJohn Pudney,himself a serving officer(andwhose R.A.F.stories are already appearingunder the pseudonym of PERSPEX)writes:Ihope these songs will be taken as a simplecommentary on the Service and on war occa-sions generally.They are only songs—notwritten in tranquillity,but in odd places andcorners never far from the sound of aircraftengines.'  \n'These poems are infused with authenticpity,a touch of sub-acid protest,most of allwith a positive and touching beauty.³—The  \nSunday Times.  \nhmo  \n1947.  \n.  \n# DISPERSAL POINTand other air poems\n\nby the same author  \npoems  \nDISPERSAL POINT  \nBEYOND THIS DISREGARD  \nSOUTH OF FORTY  \nTEN SUMMERS  \nfiction  \nJACKOBSON's LADDER  \nAND LASTLY THE FIREWORKS.UNCLE ARTHUR AND OTHER STORIES  \nnon-fiction  \nTHE GREEN GRASS GREW ALL RoUNDWHO ONLY ENGLAND KNOW  \n# John PudneyDISPERSAL POINT\n\nand other air poems  \nLONDON  \nirs published 942Rcprinucd 942Reprinted I943Rcprinved 1944  \nPrinted in Great Britain by  \nLOWE &BRYDONE PRINTERS LTD.,LONDON,N.W.rOfor JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD LTD.8 Bury Place,London,W.C.I  \nCONTENTS  \nDispersal PointConvoy Job8Air Gunner9Waterborne Balloon Barrage10Jack Overdue11Combat Report12Air Crew13The Dead14Man Alive18The WAAF Corporal19Dream under Fire20Night Fighter Patrol21Toast22Civilized Man23For Johnny24Release Till Dawn25The Dusk Take-off26Security27Nocturne:The Mess28The Blind29The Bomb Dump30So I Praise These3.1Spring,194232  \n7  \nTo  \nHILARY AIDAN ST.GEORGE SAUNDERSwho knows all about these things","cbCaivLRTj47rL6A","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivLRTj47rL6A","pdf",1152307,"English","# Contents\n## Dispersal Point\n## Convoy Job\n## Air Gunner\n## Waterborne Balloon Barrage\n## Jack Overdue\n## Combat Report\n## Air Crew\n## The Dead\n## Man Alive\n## The WAAF Corporal\n## Dream under Fire\n## Night Fighter Patrol\n## Toast\n## Civilized Man\n## For Johnny\n## Release Till Dawn\n## The Dusk Take-off\n## Security\n## Nocturne: The Mess\n## The 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