y separately published work icon From the Edge of the World selected work   poetry  
Is part of Gargoyle Poets 1972-1980 series - publisher
Issue Details: First known date: 1979... 1979 From the Edge of the World
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Notes

  • Dedication: For Rhonda and Nicole and also for Wayne Muller and Andrew Taylor, who without knowing acted as catalysts for these poems.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Brisbane, Queensland,:Makar Press , 1979 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Emptyi"Cold winds are rustling", Barry O'Donohue , single work poetry (p. 5)
Storybooki"We are the words", Barry O'Donohue , single work poetry (p. 6)
Early Cicadas in Harold Parki"fill the vacuum of morning", Barry O'Donohue , single work poetry (p. 7)
Tossing Coinsi"There are two worlds and", Barry O'Donohue , single work poetry (p. 7)
Homage to the Queensland Parliamenti"I have come upon small groups of", Barry O'Donohue , single work poetry (p. 7-8)
Earthi"Once a river thought it was", Barry O'Donohue , single work poetry (p. 8)
A Look at a City in Sunlighti"Oh how the frost in winter keeps", Barry O'Donohue , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
A Riveri"Waters form continuously within", Barry O'Donohue , single work poetry (p. 9-10)
A Derivationi"looking at the world from the edge", Barry O'Donohue , single work poetry (p. 10)
Into Afternooni"A deep summer sun forms the", Barry O'Donohue , single work poetry (p. 11)
Nooni"Sun banking up over the", Barry O'Donohue , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
Listeningi"Surf talks of the shortest distance", Barry O'Donohue , single work poetry (p. 14)
Gardeningi"Pruning the withered shrubs on a", Barry O'Donohue , single work poetry (p. 15)
January Lamenti"In country towns old men lean", Barry O'Donohue , single work poetry (p. 16)
Todayi"If you hadn't married, divorced,", Barry O'Donohue , single work poetry (p. 17)
A Question of Ethicsi"Life surges upon the crystal of a star.", Barry O'Donohue , single work poetry (p. 18)
Identification, Barry O'Donohue , sequence poetry (p. 18)
Shadowsi"There are depths of forgiveness in each", Barry O'Donohue , single work poetry (p. 18)
Elegy for Josephine Gilesi"Josephine, remember the eternal wind trembling,", Barry O'Donohue , single work poetry (p. 19)
Eudloi"Inside the sound of buzz saws,", Barry O'Donohue , single work poetry (p. 20)
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Works about this Work

Mythmakers, Empiricists and Mannerists Christopher Pollnitz , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , June vol. 41 no. 2 1981; (p. 221-240)
— Review of The Border Loss : Poems Jennifer Maiden , 1979 selected work poetry ; Sisters Poets, 1 Anne Lloyd , Kate Llewellyn , Joyce Lee , Susan Hampton , 1979 anthology selected work poetry ; The Hum of the Old Suit : Poems Les Harrop , 1979 selected work poetry ; The Clock Inside : Poems J. R. Rowland , 1979 selected work poetry ; Greenhouse Dorothy Hewett , 1979 selected work poetry ; The Art of Lying Philip Neilsen , 1979 selected work poetry ; Poems Ian Templeman , 1979 selected work poetry ; From the Edge of the World Barry O'Donohue , 1979 selected work poetry ; A Nickel in My Mouth Tim Thorne , 1979 selected work poetry ; The 3000 Ton Press Keith Russell , 1980 selected work poetry ; Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Three 1979 anthology poetry ; Poems from The Age, 1967-79 1979 anthology poetry ; Homecoming : Poems Andrew Lansdown , 1979 selected work poetry
Mythmakers, Empiricists and Mannerists Christopher Pollnitz , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , June vol. 41 no. 2 1981; (p. 221-240)
— Review of The Border Loss : Poems Jennifer Maiden , 1979 selected work poetry ; Sisters Poets, 1 Anne Lloyd , Kate Llewellyn , Joyce Lee , Susan Hampton , 1979 anthology selected work poetry ; The Hum of the Old Suit : Poems Les Harrop , 1979 selected work poetry ; The Clock Inside : Poems J. R. Rowland , 1979 selected work poetry ; Greenhouse Dorothy Hewett , 1979 selected work poetry ; The Art of Lying Philip Neilsen , 1979 selected work poetry ; Poems Ian Templeman , 1979 selected work poetry ; From the Edge of the World Barry O'Donohue , 1979 selected work poetry ; A Nickel in My Mouth Tim Thorne , 1979 selected work poetry ; The 3000 Ton Press Keith Russell , 1980 selected work poetry ; Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Three 1979 anthology poetry ; Poems from The Age, 1967-79 1979 anthology poetry ; Homecoming : Poems Andrew Lansdown , 1979 selected work poetry
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