y separately published work icon The Great Forest : Poetry selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Mark O'Connor http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/o-connor-mark
Issue Details: First known date: 1989... 1989 The Great Forest : Poetry
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Hale and Iremonger , 1989 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Reap Not the Rainforest The Great Forest : Preface, Mark O'Connor , single work prose (p. 5-7)
The Sun Huntersi"In old stories the jungle was busy", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 11-14)
Phosphorescence and Dawn Phosphorescence and Dawni"Rainforest before dawn", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 16)
The Fruit Salad Junglei"-A patter of bright-fleshed berries", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 19-20)
A Queenslander Remembers the Twentieth Centuryi"I dream of leviathan buttresses", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
Fire-Spring (Cockatoo, Victoria, 1983) : Marchi"A fire-storm has halted", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 26)
Fire-Spring (Cockatoo, Victoria, 1983) : Aprili"Where a trailer hit by six thousand degrees", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 28)
Below Wentworth Fallsi"The rock-floors below falls", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 30)
Rainbow Lorikeetsi"To feed head-down in an aerial smother of honey and pollen", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 33-34)
Shynessi"The forest is full of well-kept paths", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 36)
In a Cloudi"For three days we have lived inside a cloud,", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 38)
Living Highi"Rainforest in the rain-", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 40)
Hortus Botanicus : Planting the Dunk Botanic Gardens : the Butterfly Tunneli"The isle had two giant butterflies:", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 42-43)
The Brownnessi"A pine-sapling starts out green as the trees it replaces.", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 45)
The Wrens at Kondalilla At Kondallilla Falls : The Wrens Four Meditations on at Kondallilla Falls : The Wrensi"Its wrens do not know there are no wrens further up the valley;", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 46)
At Kondalilla Falls : Entropyi"- in the end turns all things back to rock,", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 46)
At Kondalilla Falls, Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 46)
Woman at the Forest Edgei"Step by step, hardwood trees", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 48)
Roadsigni"Roadsign: WELCOME TO DAINTREE.", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 50)
The Discoveryi"Evolved at last, stung with articulate speech,", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 52-54)

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Works about this Work

O'Connor's Poetic Credo and Vedic Literature Shalini Sharma , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Caring Cultures : Sharing Imaginations : Australia and India 2006; (p. 71-83)
Sharmi reads O'Connor's poetry for its resonances with Vedic philosophy, particularly its emphasis on ecological balance.
Four ACT Writers Collect National Literary Awards 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 February 1990; (p. 10)
Urbane Vision of a Bush Capital Peter Pierce , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 3 March 1990; (p. B5)

— Review of The Honey Man and Other Poems Michael Thwaites , 1989 selected work poetry ; Australian Things Timoshenko Aslanides , 1990 selected work poetry ; The Great Forest : Poetry Mark O'Connor , 1989 selected work poetry
Playing Nature's Tune on a Continental Scale Ivor Indyk , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 January 1990; (p. 71)

— Review of The Great Forest : Poetry Mark O'Connor , 1989 selected work poetry ; The Harbour Breathes Anna Couani , 1989 selected work prose poetry
Greening the Psyche of White Australia Mark O'Connor , 1990 single work prose biography
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 10-11 February 1990; (p. 8)
Playing Nature's Tune on a Continental Scale Ivor Indyk , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 January 1990; (p. 71)

— Review of The Great Forest : Poetry Mark O'Connor , 1989 selected work poetry ; The Harbour Breathes Anna Couani , 1989 selected work prose poetry
Urbane Vision of a Bush Capital Peter Pierce , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 3 March 1990; (p. B5)

— Review of The Honey Man and Other Poems Michael Thwaites , 1989 selected work poetry ; Australian Things Timoshenko Aslanides , 1990 selected work poetry ; The Great Forest : Poetry Mark O'Connor , 1989 selected work poetry
O'Connor's Poetic Credo and Vedic Literature Shalini Sharma , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Caring Cultures : Sharing Imaginations : Australia and India 2006; (p. 71-83)
Sharmi reads O'Connor's poetry for its resonances with Vedic philosophy, particularly its emphasis on ecological balance.
Greening the Psyche of White Australia Mark O'Connor , 1990 single work prose biography
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 10-11 February 1990; (p. 8)
Four ACT Writers Collect National Literary Awards 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 February 1990; (p. 10)
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