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The Beginning single work poetry "God himself"

Author:agent Mark O'Connor http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/o-connor-mark

Issue Details: First known date: 1976... 1976 The Beginning

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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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y Reef Poems Mark O'Connor , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1976 Z217204 1976 selected work poetry St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1976
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1976
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pg. 6
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y The Penguin Book of Modern Australian Verse Harry Payne Heseltine (editor), Ringwood : Penguin , 1981 Z333005 1981 anthology poetry Abstract Selection of Australian poetry from the 1950s. Ringwood : Penguin , 1981
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1981
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pg. 153-155
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y Consolidation : The Second Paperback Poets Anthology Thomas Shapcott (editor), St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1982 Z45656 1982 anthology poetry St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1982
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1982
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pg. 147-148
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y The Younger Australian Poets Geoffrey Lehmann (editor), Robert Gray (editor), Sydney : Hale and Iremonger , 1983 Z52999 1983 anthology poetry Sydney : Hale and Iremonger , 1983
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1983
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pg. 136
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y The Illustrated Treasury of Australian Verse Beatrice Davis , Melbourne : Nelson , 1984 Z315151 1984 anthology poetry biography Melbourne : Nelson , 1984
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1984
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pg. 276
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y Poetry in Pictures : The Great Barrier Reef Mark O'Connor , Neville Coleman (illustrator), Sydney : Hale and Iremonger , 1985 Z389087 1985 selected work poetry Sydney : Hale and Iremonger , 1985
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1985
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pg. 10-11
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y Selected Poems Mark O'Connor , Sydney : Hale and Iremonger Foundation for Australian Literary Studies, James Cook University of North Queensland , 1986 Z371097 1986 selected work poetry Sydney : Hale and Iremonger Foundation for Australian Literary Studies, James Cook University of North Queensland , 1986
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1986
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pg. 10-11
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y Westerly vol. 31 no. 1 March 1986 Z603131 1986 periodical issue 1986
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1986
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pg. 27
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y Two Centuries of Australian Poetry Mark O'Connor (editor), Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1988 Z322247 1988 anthology poetry criticism Abstract Contains poems grouped into 18 thematic sections (19 in 2nd. ed.) ; each section has an introduction, notes and suggestions for study activities and further study. Biographical notes on authors and indexes also included. Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1988
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1988
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pg. 72
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y Fire-Stick Farming : Selected Poems 1972-90 Mark O'Connor , Sydney : Hale and Iremonger , 1990 Z232743 1990 selected work poetry Sydney : Hale and Iremonger , 1990
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1990
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pg. 9-10
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y The Illustrated Treasury of Australian Verse Beatrice Davis , Melbourne : Nelson , 1984 Z315151 1984 anthology poetry biography Sydney : State Library of New South Wales Press , 1996
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1996
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pg. 276
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y Australian Verse : An Oxford Anthology John Leonard (editor), Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1998 Z461207 1998 anthology poetry (taught in 1 units) Abstract A thorough survey of poetry by Australians in English, beginning with a selection of contemporary work by younger poets, and going backward in time to the early colonial period. In addition to poems in the literary tradition, it indudes performance poetry, convict songs and old bush ballads. An extensive selection has been provided from the work of five major twentieth-century poets: Les Murray, Gwen Harwood, Judith Wright, A.D. Hope and Kenneth Slessor. Several features are provided to assist the reader: the date of first publication of each poem is provided; footnotes explain unfamiliar words and allusions; and brief biographical notes assist in locating each poet in his or her place in time. Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1998
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1998
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pg. 72
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y 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
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2000
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pg. 16-17
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y Mark O'Connor Mark O'Connor , Canberra : Mark O'Connor , 2000 Z1052988 2000 website Abstract Website contains information up to 2000 on the poet and environmental writer and activist. Also includes examples of poetry a bibliography and the authors' credo. Canberra : Mark O'Connor , 2000
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2000
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y The Puncher & Wattmann Anthology of Australian Poetry John Leonard (editor), Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2009 Z1674214 2009 anthology poetry (taught in 16 units) Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2009
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2009
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pg. 115
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y Australian Poetry Since 1788 Geoffrey Lehmann (editor), Robert Gray (editor), Sydney : University of New South Wales Press , 2011 Z1803846 2011 anthology poetry (taught in 1 units) Abstract 'A good poem is one that the world can’t forget or is delighted to rediscover. This landmark anthology of Australian poetry, edited by two of Australia’s foremost poets, Geoffrey Lehmann and Robert Gray, contains such poems. It is the first of its kind for Australia and promises to become a classic. Included here are Australia’s major poets, and lesser-known but equally affecting ones, and all manifestations of Australian poetry since 1788, from concrete poems to prose poems, from the cerebral to the naïve, from the humorous to the confessional, and from formal to free verse. Translations of some striking Aboriginal song poems are one of the high points. Containing over 1000 poems from 170 Australian poets, as well as short critical biographies, this careful reevaluation of Australian poetry makes this a superb book that can be read and enjoyed over a lifetime.' (From the publisher's website.) Sydney : University of New South Wales Press , 2011
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2011
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pg. 761-762