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The Rainbow Serpent sequence   poetry  
  • Author:agent Mark O'Connor http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/o-connor-mark
Issue Details: First known date: 1979... 1979 The Rainbow Serpent
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Notes

  • Author note: The Rainbow Serpent. A monsoonal deity of North Australian Aboriginal Legend.
  • A sequence of poems on Hinchinbrook Island, designed to accompany a photograhic exhibition by Jeremy Carew-Reid

Includes

Peak i "Rainmaster, evercapped.", Mark O'Connor , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 7 no. 2-3 1979; (p. 83) Artlook , April vol. 5 no. 4 1979; (p. 37) The Eating Tree : Poems 1980; (p. 50) Selected Poems 1986; (p. 39-40) North of Capricorn : An Anthology of Verse 1988; (p. 97-98) Fire-Stick Farming : Selected Poems 1972-90 1990; (p. 34-35)
Rock i "I am all-parent.", Mark O'Connor , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 7 no. 2-3 1979; (p. 83) The Eating Tree : Poems 1980; (p. 50) Selected Poems 1986; (p. 40) North of Capricorn : An Anthology of Verse 1988; (p. 98) Fire-Stick Farming : Selected Poems 1972-90 1990; (p. 35) The Olive Tree : Collected Poems 1972-2000 2000; (p. 34)
Mangrove i "Net-master. Mine the curtain,", Mark O'Connor , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 7 no. 2-3 1979; (p. 84) Artlook , April vol. 5 no. 4 1979; (p. 37) The Eating Tree : Poems 1980; (p. 51) Selected Poems 1986; (p. 40-41) North of Capricorn : An Anthology of Verse 1988; (p. 98) Fire-Stick Farming : Selected Poems 1972-90 1990; (p. 35-36)
Coconut Palm i "On the moist fresh lens that bobs with tide,", Mark O'Connor , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: Artlook , April vol. 5 no. 4 1979; (p. 38) LiNQ , vol. 7 no. 2-3 1979; (p. 55) The Eating Tree : Poems 1980; (p. 55)
— Appears in: Selected Poems 1986; (p. 42) North of Capricorn : An Anthology of Verse 1988; (p. 99-100) Fire-Stick Farming : Selected Poems 1972-90 1990; (p. 37) The Olive Tree : Collected Poems 1972-2000 2000; (p. 36)
Creek i "Mine is the channel, the sluggish vein", Mark O'Connor , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 7 no. 2-3 1979; (p. 84) Artlook , April vol. 5 no. 4 1979; (p. 37) The Eating Tree : Poems 1980; (p. 51)
Cause i "Whose was the hand? What the cause", Mark O'Connor , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 7 no. 2-3 1979; (p. 84-85) Artlook , April vol. 5 no. 4 1979; (p. 38) The Eating Tree : Poems 1980; (p. 52)
Man i "Tree-killer, all-killer,", Mark O'Connor , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 7 no. 2-3 1979; (p. 85) The Eating Tree : Poems 1980; (p. 52)
Canope i "The trappers. Our nets weave the air,", Mark O'Connor , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 7 no. 2-3 1979; (p. 86) The Eating Tree : Poems 1980; (p. 53)
Fire i "The oldest human fossil;", Mark O'Connor , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 7 no. 2-3 1979; (p. 86) Artlook , April vol. 5 no. 4 1979; (p. 38) The Eating Tree : Poems 1980; (p. 53) The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse 1986; (p. 337) Selected Poems 1986; (p. 42-43) North of Capricorn : An Anthology of Verse 1988; (p. 100)
— Appears in: Whispers from the Faraway South : Translations of Selected Australian Poetry 1999; (p. 190-191)
Sandcrabs i "Each sandball the work of six limbs.", Mark O'Connor , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 7 no. 2-3 1979; (p. 85) The Eating Tree : Poems 1980; (p. 52) Poetry in Pictures : The Great Barrier Reef 1985; (p. 26) Selected Poems 1986; (p. 41) North of Capricorn : An Anthology of Verse 1988; (p. 99) Fire-Stick Farming : Selected Poems 1972-90 1990; (p. 36)
Moreton Bay Ash i "Rockgrinder. Dry or wet", Mark O'Connor , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 7 no. 2-3 1979; (p. 83) Artlook , April vol. 5 no. 4 1979; (p. 37) The Eating Tree : Poems 1980; (p. 50) Selected Poems 1986; (p. 40) North of Capricorn : An Anthology of Verse 1988; (p. 98) The Great Forest : Poetry 1989; (p. 60)
Wood-Fungus Fungus i "Mine to destroy. Without my unmaking", Mark O'Connor , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 7 no. 2-3 1979; (p. 87-88) The Eating Tree : Poems 1980; (p. 55) Selected Poems 1986; (p. 42) North of Capricorn : An Anthology of Verse 1988; (p. 99) The Great Forest : Poetry 1989; (p. 61) Fire-Stick Farming : Selected Poems 1972-90 1990; (p. 37)
Monsoon i "Grey mists sliding overhead.", Mark O'Connor , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 7 no. 2-3 1979; (p. 86-87) Artlook , April vol. 5 no. 4 1979; (p. 38) The Eating Tree : Poems 1980; (p. 54) Selected Poems 1986; (p. 41) North of Capricorn : An Anthology of Verse 1988; (p. 99) The Great Forest : Poetry 1989; (p. 62)
Earth i "Mine the face on which you trample.", Mark O'Connor , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 7 no. 2-3 1979; (p. 88) The Eating Tree : Poems 1980; (p. 55) Poetry in Pictures : The Great Barrier Reef 1985; (p. 80) Selected Poems 1986; (p. 43) North of Capricorn : An Anthology of Verse 1988; (p. 101) The Great Forest : Poetry 1989; (p. 63)
— Appears in: Mehraab (The Arch) 2008; (p. 82-83)
Hinchinbrook Aborigines i "Generations beyond guess of naked children", Mark O'Connor , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 7 no. 2-3 1979; (p. 87) Artlook , April vol. 5 no. 4 1979; (p. 38) The Eating Tree : Poems 1980; (p. 54) Selected Poems 1986; (p. 43) North of Capricorn : An Anthology of Verse 1988; (p. 100-101) The Great Forest : Poetry 1989; (p. 66)
Tch'mala i "His mass is mountains. Roar", Mark O'Connor , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: Kunapipi , vol. 1 no. 1 1979; (p. 8-9) LiNQ , vol. 7 no. 2-3 1979; (p. 82) Artlook , April vol. 5 no. 4 1979; (p. 37) The Eating Tree : Poems 1980; (p. 49) Selected Poems 1986; (p. 39) Anthology of Australian Religious Poetry 1986; (p. 39-40)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon LiNQ Literature in North Queensland vol. 7 no. 2-3 Cheryl Frost (editor), 1979 Z626398 1979 periodical issue 1979 pg. 82-88
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Artlook vol. 5 no. 4 April 1979 Z635936 1979 periodical issue 1979 pg. 37-38
    Note: Selection of Parts included are: Tch'mala, Peak, Morton Bay Ash, Creek, Mangrove, Cause, Fire, Coconut Palm, Monsoon and Hinchinbrook Aborigines.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Olive Tree : Collected Poems 1972-2000 Mark O'Connor , Alexandria : Hale and Iremonger , 2000 Z764696 2000 selected work poetry Alexandria : Hale and Iremonger , 2000 pg. 33-37
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  • Hinchinbrook Island, Cardwell area, Cardwell - Tully - Innisfail area, Ingham - Cairns area, Queensland,
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