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The essential poems / Micheal O'Siadhail.
Van Pelt Library PR6065.S54 E87 2026
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Siadhail, Micheal, 1947- Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Irish poetry.
- Genre:
- poetry.
- Poetry
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 180 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, [2026]
- Summary:
- "The essential selected works of Ireland's leading poet, Micheal O'Siadhail"-- Provided by publisher.
- "Selected works of Ireland's leading poet gathered in print for the first time. With an illustrious literary career that has spanned over fifty years, renowned poet Micheal O'Siadhail has cemented his place on the international stage. From his debut collection, The Leap Year (1978), to his latest collection, Desire (2023), O'Siadhail captures evolving struggles with love, religion, and humanity. Here is the essence of his outstanding body of work.The Essential Poems voyages through traditional and innovative poetic forms, investigating love and passion, joy and loss, world-shaping events and personal experiences. O'Siadhail sounds the depths of meaning and evokes wonder, surprise, anguish, and delight. A lyrical meditation on the relationships between humanity and nature, despair and faith, and the richness of courage in the acts of healing completes what proves to be this unforgettable and necessary collection of the inimitable Irish poet. "-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Preface
- The Leap Year (1978)
- Sunflower
- Rungs of Time (1980)
- Roofing
- Belonging (1982)
- Senses
- Springnight (1985)
- In a New York Shoe-Shop
- Thank-You Note
- The Image Wheel (1990)
- Loss
- Autumn Report
- The Chosen Garden (1990)
- Those We Follow
- Beginnings
- A Presence
- An Unfolding
- Squall
- The Other Voice
- Out of the Blue
- St. Brigid's Cross
- While You Are Talking
- Hindsight
- A Circle
- Hail! Madam Jazz (1992)
- Largesse
- Between
- A Fragile City (1995)
- Leisure
- Courtesy
- Our Double Time (1998)
- Matins for You
- Our Double Time
- The Gossamer Wall (2002)
- Summons
- To Life!
- Haunted
- Never
- Love Life (2005)
- Long Song
- Moments
- Covenant
- Launch
- Parkinson's
- Gaze
- If
- Crimson Thread
- Globe (2007)
- Traces
- I've Crossed Famous Rivers
- Unbroken
- Doggone Blues
- Eclipse
- Butterfly
- Session
- Only End
- Tongues (2010)
- Worlds
- Lullaby
- Understanding
- Potential
- Meaning
- Partings
- Echo
- So
- One Crimson Thread (2015)
- 1
- 42
- 68
- 81
- 102
- 111
- 138
- 139
- 149
- 150
- The Five Quintets (2018)
- Epigraph
- Making, Canto 5 ("Abundance"), i (Dante Aligheri)
- Making, Canto 5 ("Abundance"), v (Johann Sebastian Bach)
- Making, Canto 5 ("Abundance"), extract from ix (George Eliot)
- Making, Canto 5 ("Abundance"), xiii (Patrick Kavanagh)
- Dealing, Canto 5 ("Open Hand"), extract from iv (Amartya Sen)
- Steering, Canto 3 ("Power"), extract from ii (Joseph Stalin)
- Steering, Canto 5 ("A Beckoned Dream"), extract from iii
- Finding, Canto 4 ("Surprises"), extract
- Finding, Canto 5 ("All Dance"), extract
- Meaning, Canto 5 ("Burning Bush"), extract from v
- Testament (2022)
- Psalter (1, 2, 5, 30, 90, 112)
- Gospel
- The Sower Went Out
- Vineyard
- Desire (2023)
- Pest (1)
- Habitat (11, 13)
- Behind the Screen (10, 14)
- Desiring (2, 21)
- Epilogue.
- ISBN:
- 9780810149793
- 0810149796
- OCLC:
- 1548244297
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