The Penguin Book of Contemporary Irish Poetry - Softcover

Fallon, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140586091 ISBN 13: 9780140586091

Publisher: Penguin Group USA, 1991

Synopsis

A survey of recent Irish poetry includes works by Thomas Kinsella, John Montague, Richard Murphy, Desmond O'Grady, Michael Hartnett, and Sara Berkeley

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The Mass Is Over, They Have Gone In Peace by Sara Berkeley
The Parting by Sara Berkeley
After The Irish Of Egan O'rahilly by Eavan Boland
From The Painting Back From Market By Chardin by Eavan Boland
I Remember by Eavan Boland
In Her Own Image by Eavan Boland
Ode To Suburbia by Eavan Boland
The Oral Tradition by Eavan Boland
The War Horse by Eavan Boland
Army by Ciaran Carson
Bloody Hand by Ciaran Carson
Ceili by Ciaran Carson
Cocktails by Ciaran Carson
Dresden by Ciaran Carson
Judgement by Ciaran Carson
Death Of Thomas Merton by Harry (1952-) Clifton
The Distaff Side by Harry (1952-) Clifton
Eccles Street, Bloomsday, 1982 by Harry (1952-) Clifton
Euclid Avenue; After Hart Crane by Harry (1952-) Clifton
Id by Harry (1952-) Clifton
Monsoon Girl by Harry (1952-) Clifton
Elegy For The Nightbound by Anthony Cronin
Lines For A Painter; To Patrick Swift by Anthony Cronin
R.m.s. Titanic: 1 by Anthony Cronin
R.m.s. Titanic: 2 by Anthony Cronin
Responsibilities by Anthony Cronin
The Counterfeiter by Michael Davitt
The Mirror by Michael Davitt
Old People by Michael Davitt
Shortening The Road by Michael Davitt
Fording The River by Seamus Deane
History Lessons; For Ronan Sheehan And Richard Kearney by Seamus Deane
Osip Mandelstam by Seamus Deane
Power Cut by Seamus Deane
Reading Paradise Lost In Protestant Ulster 1984 by Seamus Deane
Return by Seamus Deane
Backside To The Wind by Paul Durcan
Birth Of A Coachman by Paul Durcan
The Divorce Referendum, Ireland, 1986 by Paul Durcan
Going Home To Mayo, Winter, 1949 by Paul Durcan
Ireland 1972 by Paul Durcan
Irish Hierarchy Bans Colour Photography by Paul Durcan
The Kilfenora Teaboy by Paul Durcan
La Terre Des Hommes by Paul Durcan
Micheal Mac Liammoir by Paul Durcan
The Pieta's Over by Paul Durcan
She Mends An Ancient Wireless by Paul Durcan
The Weeping Headstones Of The Isaac Becketts by Paul Durcan
Alice Of Daphne, 1799 by John Ennis
Coyne's by John Ennis
A Drink Of Spring by John Ennis
The Road To Patmos by John Ennis
Airs And Graces by Peter Fallon
The Herd by Peter Fallon
Himself by Peter Fallon
The Meadow by Peter Fallon
Spring Song by Peter Fallon
Winter Work by Peter Fallon
Conjunctions by Eamon Grennan
Facts Of Life, Ballymoney by Eamon Grennan
Men Roofing; For Seamus Heaney by Eamon Grennan
Soul Music: The Derry Air by Eamon Grennan
Sunday Morning Through Binoculars by Eamon Grennan
Wing Road by Eamon Grennan
Death Of An Irishwoman by Michael Hartnett
For My Grandmother, Bridget Halpin by Michael Hartnett
I Saw Magin On A Green Country Road by Michael Hartnett
The Last Vision Of Eoghan Rua O Suilleabhain by Michael Hartnett
The Person As Dreamer: We Talk About The Future by Michael Hartnett
The Retreat Of Ita Cagney; For Liam Brady by Michael Hartnett
A Small Farm by Michael Hartnett
There Will Be A Talking Of Lovely Things by Michael Hartnett
A Visit Of Castletown House; For Nora Graham by Michael Hartnett
The Wounded Otter by Michael Hartnett
7 by Seamus Heaney
Anahorish by Seamus Heaney
Bogland; For T.p. Flanagan by Seamus Heaney
Casualty by Seamus Heaney
Clearances; In Memoriam M.k.h., 1911-1984: 1 by Seamus Heaney
Clearances; In Memoriam M.k.h., 1911-1984: 2 by Seamus Heaney
Clearances; In Memoriam M.k.h., 1911-1984: 3 by Seamus Heaney
Clearances; In Memoriam M.k.h., 1911-1984: 4 by Seamus Heaney
Clearances; In Memoriam M.k.h., 1911-1984: 5 by Seamus Heaney
Clearances; In Memoriam M.k.h., 1911-1984: 6 by Seamus Heaney
Clearances; In Memoriam M.k.h., 1911-1984: 7 by Seamus Heaney
Clearances; In Memoriam M.k.h., 1911-1984: 8 by Seamus Heaney
Clearances; In Memoriam M.k.h., 1911-1984: Introduction by Seamus Heaney
Funeral Rites by Seamus Heaney
The Harvest Bow by Seamus Heaney
The Mud Vision by Seamus Heaney
A Postcard From North Antrim; In Memory Of Sean Armstrong by Seamus Heaney
Punishment by Seamus Heaney
Singing School: 2. A Constable Calls by Seamus Heaney
Singing School: 6. Exposure by Seamus Heaney
Summer Home by Seamus Heaney
The Tollund Man by Seamus Heaney
An Ulster Twilight by Seamus Heaney
Amhran Na Mbreag; After Irish Of Micheal Mharcais O'conhaile by Pearse Hutchinson
Be Born A Saint; Or Keep by Pearse Hutchinson
Bright After Dark by Pearse Hutchinson
Fleadh Cheoil by Pearse Hutchinson
The Frost Is Over; For Michael Hartnett by Pearse Hutchinson
Gaeltacht by Pearse Hutchinson
Look, No Hands by Pearse Hutchinson
Malaga by Pearse Hutchinson
A True Story Ending In False Hope; For Martin Collins by Pearse Hutchinson
Bread by Brendan Kennelly
Dream Of A Black Fox by Brendan Kennelly
The Island by Brendan Kennelly
The Limerick Train by Brendan Kennelly
My Dark Fathers by Brendan Kennelly
Proof by Brendan Kennelly
The Swimmer by Brendan Kennelly
All Is Emptiness, And I Must Spin by Thomas Kinsella
Ancestor by Thomas Kinsella
Death Bed by Thomas Kinsella
Downstream by Thomas Kinsella
Endymion by Thomas Kinsella
The Foot Of The Tower. An Angle Where The Darkness by Thomas Kinsella
Hen Woman by Thomas Kinsella
A Lady Of Quality by Thomas Kinsella
Nuchal; A Fragment by Thomas Kinsella
One: Finistere by Thomas Kinsella
One: In The Ringwood by Thomas Kinsella
One: The Oldest Place by Thomas Kinsella
The Route Of The Train by Thomas Kinsella
Tao And Unfitness At Inistiogue On The River Nore: Afternoon by Thomas Kinsella
Wormwood by Thomas Kinsella
Ash Keys by Michael Longley
Frozen Rain by Michael Longley
The Hebrides; For Eavan Boland by Michael Longley
In Memory Of Gerard Dillon by Michael Longley
The Linen Industry by Michael Longley
Peace; After Tibullus by Michael Longley
Persephone by Michael Longley
Remembering Carrigskeewaun by Michael Longley
Skara Brae; For Sheila And Denis Smyth by Michael Longley
The West by Michael Longley
Wounds by Michael Longley
Sweet Killen Hill; After Irish Of Peadar O Doirnin by Tom Macintyre
Yellow Bittern; After Irish Of Cathal Buidhe Macgiolla Gunna by Tom Macintyre
Achill by Derek Mahon
Antartica by Derek Mahon
Courtyards In Delft by Derek Mahon
Dejection by Derek Mahon
A Disused Shed In Co. Wexford by Derek Mahon
Everything Is Going To Be All Right by Derek Mahon
Ford Manor by Derek Mahon
A Garage In Co. Cork by Derek Mahon
The Globe In North Carolina by Derek Mahon
In Carrowdore Churchyard; At The Grave Of Louis Macneice by Derek Mahon
Lives; For Seamus Heaney by Derek Mahon
The Snow Party; For Louis Asekoff by Derek Mahon
The Woods by Derek Mahon
Caedmon by Aidan Carl Mathews
The Death Of Irish by Aidan Carl Mathews
Letter Following by Aidan Carl Mathews
Minding Ruth; For Seamus Deane by Aidan Carl Mathews
Spectrum by Aidan Carl Mathews
Two Months Married by Aidan Carl Mathews
At The End by Matsuo Munefusa
Deutschland by Hugh Maxton
Elegies; After The Russian Of Joseph Brodsky by Hugh Maxton
Ode by Hugh Maxton
An Urgent Letter by Hugh Maxton
Claud Cockburn by Thomas Mccarthy
The Emigration Trains by Thomas Mccarthy
The Phenomenology Of Stones by Thomas Mccarthy
Quatrain Without Sparrows, Helpful Bells Or Hope; From Irish by Thomas Mccarthy
Toast by Thomas Mccarthy
The Wisdom Of Ae by Thomas Mccarthy
The Aphrodisiac by Medbh Mcguckian
The Flitting by Medbh Mcguckian
Gateposts by Medbh Mcguckian
Lychees by Medbh Mcguckian
On Ballycastle Beach by Medbh Mcguckian
On Not Being Your Lover by Medbh Mcguckian
Sea Or Sky? by Medbh Mcguckian
The Sofa by Medbh Mcguckian
To A Cuckoo At Coolanlough by Medbh Mcguckian
All Legendary Obstacles Lay Between by John Montague
At Last by John Montague
Deer Park by John Montague
A Flowering Absence by John Montague
A Grafted Tongue by John Montague
Herbert Street Revisited by John Montague
King And Queen by John Montague
Last Journey; I.m. James Montague by John Montague
The Leader by John Montague
Like Dolmens Round My Childhood, The Old People by John Montague
A Lost Tradition by John Montague
The Trout; For Barrie Cooke by John Montague
The Wild Dog Rose by John Montague
Woodtown Manor by John Montague
The Avenue by Paul Muldoon
Gathering Mushrooms by Paul Muldoon
Hedgehog by Paul Muldoon
Ireland by Paul Muldoon
The Lass Of Aughrim by Paul Muldoon
Our Lady Of Ardboe by Paul Muldoon
Quoof by Paul Muldoon
The Soap-pig by Paul Muldoon
Something Of A Departure by Paul Muldoon
Truce by Paul Muldoon
Why Brownlee Left, And Where He Went by Paul Muldoon
The Wishbone by Paul Muldoon
Yggsdrasill by Paul Muldoon
1. Now: Casement's Funeral by Richard Murphy
1. Now: Slate by Richard Murphy
Gate Lodge by Richard Murphy
The Last Galway Hooker by Richard Murphy
Luttrell's Death by Richard Murphy
Patrick Sarsfield's Portrait by Richard Murphy
Rapparees by Richard Murphy
The Reading Lesson by Richard Murphy
Sailing To An Island by Richard Murphy
Seals At High Island by Richard Murphy
As For The Quince by Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill
Aubade by Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill
The Bond by Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill
Marvellous Grass by Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill
The Race by Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill
Pity The Man Who English Lacks by Daibhi O Bruadair
Lament For Tadhg Cronin's Children by Aogan O Rathaille
The Dark Edge Of Europe: 1 by Desmond O'grady
The Dying Gaul: 30 by Desmond O'grady
The Great Horse Fair by Desmond O'grady
Hellas: 1 by Desmond O'grady
Lines In A Roman Schoolbook: 2 by Desmond O'grady
Lines In A Roman Schoolbook: 4 by Desmond O'grady
Professor Kelleher And The Charles River by Desmond O'grady
Purpose by Desmond O'grady
Reading The Unpublished Manuscripts Of Louis Macneice by Desmond O'grady
Cuchulainn by Michael O'loughlin
Elegy For The Unknown Soldier by Michael O'loughlin
Glasnevin Cemetery by Michael O'loughlin
An Irish Requiem; I.m. Mary Lynch (1897-1983) by Michael O'loughlin
Posthumous by Michael O'loughlin
The Shards: 1. The Bunkers by Michael O'loughlin
The Shards: 8. The Shards by Michael O'loughlin
A Day In August by Frank Ormsby
Home by Frank Ormsby
Landscape With Figures by Frank Ormsby
My Careful Life Says: 'no Surrender' by Frank Ormsby
Spot The Ball by Frank Ormsby
Under The Stairs by Frank Ormsby
Anastasia Mclaughlin by Tom Paulin
Desertmartin by Tom Paulin
In The Lost Province by Tom Paulin
Last Statement; Vladimir Mayakovsky by Tom Paulin
Off The Back Of A Lorry by Tom Paulin
Presbyterian Study by Tom Paulin
Deafness by Richard (1946-) Ryan
Father Of Famine; For Liam O'flaherty by Richard (1946-) Ryan
The Lake Of The Woods; For Chester Anderson by Richard (1946-) Ryan
Winter In Minneapolis; For Eoin Mckiernan by Richard (1946-) Ryan
The Archaeologist by James Simmons
Claudy; For Harry Barton, A Song by James Simmons
The End Of The Affair by James Simmons
For Thomas Moore by James Simmons
From The Irish by James Simmons
A Long Way After Ronsard by James Simmons
The Pleasant Joys Of Brotherhood by James Simmons
Rogation Day: Portrush; For Derek Mahon by James Simmons
Stephano Remembers by James Simmons
West Strand Visions by James Simmons
Westport House, Portrush by James Simmons
Written, Directed By And Starring ... by James Simmons
Beginnings by Peter Sirr
The Collector's Marginalia by Peter Sirr
A Guide To Holland by Peter Sirr
Understanding Canada by Peter Sirr
Asleep In The City by Michael (1942-) Smith
Chimes; For John Jordan by Michael (1942-) Smith
City by Michael (1942-) Smith
From The Chinese; For Trevor Joyce by Michael (1942-) Smith
Stopping To Take Notes by Michael (1942-) Smith
A Visit To The Village by Michael (1942-) Smith
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Group USA
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0140586091
• ISBN 13: 9780140586091
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 496
• Editor: Mahon Derek