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'Pilbara alternates brief informative prose with bursts of magnificent free-verse lyric. O'Connor's gift is for bringing a large array of knowledge to bear in observations of delicate precision, combining awe with a quiet humour. The vastness of Western Australia's dry Pilbara is perceived in these poems, yet not allowed to dominate over its nooks and intimacies - the lives of birds, flowers, trees, and the unexpectedness of water.
'The 3.65 billion-year geological history of some of the oldest solidified land surfaces on our planet forms an underpinning. The work effortlessly takes in pre-history, history and ecology, along with current human realities like mining and grazing.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Dedication: The following was sequence was written on a Winter-Spring expedition through the Pilbara with my friend Andrew Glikson, geologist and poet, who generously shared with me his decades of experience of the region. This book is dedicated to him.
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Works about this Work
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Taller When Prone by Les Murray and Pilbara by Mark O'Connor
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Indigo , Summer no. 6 2011; (p. 132-134)
— Review of Taller When Prone 2010 selected work poetry ; Pilbara 2009 selected work poetry -
Poetry Survey
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 123 2010; (p. 57-59)
— Review of A Locale of the Cosmos 2006 single work poetry ; Pilbara 2009 selected work poetry -
[Review] Marriage for Beginners : And Other Poems [and] Pilbara
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , June no. 19 2010; (p. 60-61)
— Review of Marriage for Beginners : And Other Poems 2009 selected work poetry ; Pilbara 2009 selected work poetry -
In Praise of the Natural World's Evanescent Beauty
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 2 January 2010; (p. 11)
— Review of News of the Insect World : And Other Poems 2009 selected work poetry ; Pilbara 2009 selected work poetry
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In Praise of the Natural World's Evanescent Beauty
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 2 January 2010; (p. 11)
— Review of News of the Insect World : And Other Poems 2009 selected work poetry ; Pilbara 2009 selected work poetry -
[Review] Marriage for Beginners : And Other Poems [and] Pilbara
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , June no. 19 2010; (p. 60-61)
— Review of Marriage for Beginners : And Other Poems 2009 selected work poetry ; Pilbara 2009 selected work poetry -
Poetry Survey
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 123 2010; (p. 57-59)
— Review of A Locale of the Cosmos 2006 single work poetry ; Pilbara 2009 selected work poetry -
Taller When Prone by Les Murray and Pilbara by Mark O'Connor
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Indigo , Summer no. 6 2011; (p. 132-134)
— Review of Taller When Prone 2010 selected work poetry ; Pilbara 2009 selected work poetry
Last amended 29 Mar 2010 08:54:51
Subjects:
- Pilbara area, North Western Australia, Western Australia,
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