The O O'a'a Bird

by Quinn, Justin

• ISBN13: 9781857541250
• ISBN10: 1857541251
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-06-01
• Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd.

Summary

The 'O'o'a'a' Bird

Author Biography

Justin Quinn was awarded a Bursary in Literature by the Arts Council (Ireland) in 1994.

Table of Contents

Terrorism	p. 9
Patrick Pearse	p. 10
Revolutionary	p. 12
For Robinson Jeffers	p. 13
On Speed	p. 14
Some Freedoms	p. 16
Two for John P. Kearney, Architect	p. 18
Mistook	p. 19
For my Mother	p. 20
High and Dry	p. 21
A Tracking Shot for Julian	p. 22
Still Life	p. 24
Work	p. 25
Vesalius and the Soul	p. 26
Hypnotics	p. 28
The 'O'o'a'a' Bird	p. 29
Minuet	p. 30
1 Tai-Chi	p. 32
2 Dry Leaves: An Echo	p. 33
Instructions	p. 34
Masturbation Sonnet with Viburnum Blossom	p. 35
Windfalls This Month	p. 36
Clearing	p. 37
To Jan Neruda	p. 40
At the Jewish Cemetery	p. 43
Approach to the City	p. 44
Present Tense	p. 46
Sundays	p. 49
Smoke	p. 50
Power Station	p. 51
Weekend Away	p. 52
Questions	p. 53
A Seagull's Skeleton	p. 54
Bohemian Carp	p. 55
The Nineteenth Century	p. 56
Acanthus	p. 57
The Tree	p. 58
Attics	p. 59
Graffiti	p. 60
Toon Town	p. 61
Hamlet	p. 62
The Ultimate Island	p. 63
Black Riders	p. 64
Ur-Aisling	p. 65
No-When	p. 66
Last Poem	p. 67
Geography	p. 68
Notes	p. 69
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