Shawn O'Leary Shawn O'Leary i(A5739 works by) (birth name: Shawn Hamilton O'Leary)
Born: Established: 3 Sep 1916 Ipswich, Ipswich area, South East Queensland, Queensland, ; Died: Ceased: 21 Jun 1992 Alva Beach, Ayr - Home Hill - Cape Upstart area, Marlborough - Mackay - Townsville area, Queensland,
Gender: Male
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1 Writing Poetry: The Why and the How Shawn O'Leary , 1949 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 10 no. 2 1949; (p. 70-73)
1 Untitled i "Lower the sun crept and across our pain", Shawn O'Leary , 1949 single work poetry war literature
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 10 no. 2 1949; (p. 70-71)
1 Arrival i "Hold fast for me my yesterdays.", Shawn O'Leary , 1948 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry 1947 1948; (p. 24) Southerly , vol. 10 no. 2 1949; (p. 72-73)
1 The Dead Soldier i "He shall be for ever wrapped in dark,", Shawn O'Leary , 1947 single work poetry war literature
— Appears in: Australian Poetry, 1946 1947; (p. 48-49)
1 Fall of the City of Sydney Shawn O'Leary , 1947 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13 September 1947; (p. 13)
— Review of Tomorrow and Tomorrow M. Barnard Eldershaw , 1947 single work novel
1 Departure i "Riding green water to the fire-ringed sun,", Shawn O'Leary , 1946 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7 September no. 33918 1946; (p. 7)
1 Sleep Shawn O'Leary , 1945 single work short story
— Appears in: Coast to Coast : Australian Stories 1944 1945; (p. 56-61)
1 The Last Word i "Look, this is the way the man must move,", Shawn O'Leary , 1944 single work poetry war literature
— Appears in: Meanjin Papers , Autumn vol. 3 no. 1 1944; (p. 40) Jindyworobak Anthology, 1944 1944; (p. 45) Poets at War : An Anthology of Verse by Australian Servicemen 1944; (p. 116) Australian Poetry 1945 1946; (p. 68) An Anthology of Australian Verse 1952; (p. 286)
1 Shell Shock (Litani River, Syria) i "I have no ego, no conscience;", Shawn O'Leary , 1944 single work poetry
— Appears in: Voices : A Quarterly of Poetry , Summer no. 118 1944; (p. 8-9) An Anthology of Australian Verse 1952; (p. 285)
1 Death of Reason i "Here where the pandanus foretells the water,", Shawn O'Leary , 1944 single work poetry war literature
— Appears in: Jindyworobak Anthology, 1944 1944; (p. 44-45) Poets at War : An Anthology of Verse by Australian Servicemen 1944; (p. 114)
1 Address i "This was a man who laughed and held a gun.", Shawn O'Leary , 1944 single work poetry war literature
— Appears in: Voices : A Quarterly of Poetry , Summer no. 118 1944; (p. 8) Poets at War : An Anthology of Verse by Australian Servicemen 1944; (p. 115) Australian Poetry 1944 1945; (p. 14) Southerly , vol. 10 no. 2 1949; (p. 71) An Anthology of Australian Verse 1952; (p. 286)
1 The Bayonet i "That's not a broom you're using, soldier.", Shawn O'Leary , 1944 single work poetry war literature
— Appears in: Australian Poetry 1943 1944; (p. 64-65) The Land's Meaning 1973; (p. 97) The Australian Experience of War : Illustrated Stories and Verse 1988; (p. 150)
1 The Soldier Speaks i "I cannot longer be as other men", Shawn O'Leary , 1942 single work poetry war literature
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 15 July vol. 63 no. 3257 1942; (p. 4) Poets at War : An Anthology of Verse by Australian Servicemen 1944; (p. 113)
1 The Wounded i "Lower the sun crept and across our pain", Shawn O'Leary , 1942 single work poetry war literature
— Appears in: Australian Poetry 1942 1942; (p. 42)
1 The Olive Trees (Garden of Gethsemane) i "These are the old men", Shawn O'Leary , 1942 1942 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry 1942 1942; (p. 30) An Australasian Anthology : Australian and New Zealand Poems 1946; (p. 311) An Anthology of Australian Verse 1952; (p. 284-285)
1 3 y separately published work icon Spikenard and Bayonet Shawn O'Leary , Melbourne : Bread and Cheese Club , 1941 Z157115 1941 selected work poetry war literature
1 N.R.L., Killed in Action, July 9, 1941 i "This hour we lay you with the cypress trees", Shawn O'Leary , 1941 single work poetry war literature
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 29 October vol. 62 no. 3220 1941; (p. 2)
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