48-49 Some Notes on Typography, Year Book of the Arts in New Zealand, 5 (1949): 165-172 Verse Commentary for a Film, Landfall, 3: 2 (June 1949): 170-176 Thoughts in the Suburban Tram, Landfall, 5: 4 (December 1951): 265-267 The Doorknob, Here and Now (May 1952): 20 Outlook for Poetry, New Zealand Poetry Yearbook, 5 (1955): 9-11 The New Zealand Literary Fund, Landfall, 23: 3 (Sept 1969): 273-282 The Nag’s Head Press, Islands 1: 1 (Spring 1972): 53-54 Tribute to Charles Brasch, Islands, 2: 3 (Spring 1973): 244-245 A Fair Go, Islands, 7: 2 (Nov 1978): 211-212 Glover's best-known works are the Sings Harry sequence (1951), "Arawata Bill", and "The Magpies" (1941). The refrain of the latter ("Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle", imitating the sound of the Australian magpie) is one of the most famous lines in New Zealand poetry. Playwright Roger Hall wrote a play called Mr Punch about Glover's life. Sources References External links Biography at NZ Book Council site Works in The New Zealand Railways Magazine (etexts) Denis Glover on Zealandia, Britannia's daughter, the woman symbolising New Zealand (particularly in the early twentieth century). 1912 births 1980 deaths People educated at Christ's College, Christchurch New Zealand male poets Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom) Royal Navy officers of World War II 20th-century New Zealand poets 20th-century New Zealand male writers Writers from Dunedin People educated at New Plymouth Boys' High School People educated at Auckland Grammar School University of Canterbury alumni Pukerua Bay Residents Deaths from pneumonia in New Zealand Deaths from bronchopneumonia New Zealand male sailors (sport)