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Flight Poem from the Barrier Reef sequence poetry

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

Issue Details: First known date: 1973... 1973 Flight Poem from the Barrier Reef

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Flight Poem : 1 "HERONS, no doubt, are the ugliest flyers.", Mark O'Connor , 1973 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , no. 48 1973; (p. 5) Reef Poems 1976; (p. 23) Selected Poems 1986; (p. 11) Fire-Stick Farming : Selected Poems 1972-90 1990; (p. 10)

Flight Poem : 3 "GANNETS are masters and mysteries, penguins that fly,", Mark O'Connor , 1973 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , no. 48 1973; (p. 5-6) Reef Poems 1976; (p. 24) Selected Poems 1986; (p. 12) Fire-Stick Farming : Selected Poems 1972-90 1990; (p. 11)

Flight Poem : 2 "SEA-GULLS are more graceful.", Mark O'Connor , 1973 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , no. 48 1973; (p. 5) Reef Poems 1976; (p. 23) Poetry in Pictures : The Great Barrier Reef 1985; (p. 42-43) Selected Poems 1986; (p. 12) Fire-Stick Farming : Selected Poems 1972-90 1990; (p. 11)

Flight Poem : 5 "CRESTED TERNS surpass all.", Mark O'Connor , 1973 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , no. 48 1973; (p. 6-7) Reef Poems 1976; (p. 25-26) Poetry in Pictures : The Great Barrier Reef 1985; (p. 46-47)

Flight Poem : 4 "The NODDY TERN", Mark O'Connor , 1973 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , no. 48 1973; (p. 6) Reef Poems 1976; (p. 24) Poetry in Pictures : The Great Barrier Reef 1985; (p. 48-49) Selected Poems 1986; (p. 13) Fire-Stick Farming : Selected Poems 1972-90 1990; (p. 12)

Flight Poem : 6 : Oystercatcher "To all these", Mark O'Connor , 1973 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , no. 48 1973; (p. 7) Reef Poems 1976; (p. 26) Poetry in Pictures : The Great Barrier Reef 1985; (p. 50-51) Selected Poems 1986; (p. 13) Fire-Stick Farming : Selected Poems 1972-90 1990; (p. 12)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: Flight Poem

Appears in:

y Poetry Australia no. 48 1973 Z1050833 1973 periodical issue 1973
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1973
)
pg. 5-7
Appears in:

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
)
pg. 23-27
Note: With title: Flight Poem
Appears in:

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
)
pg. 11-13
Note: With title: Flight Poem
Appears in:

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
)
pg. 10-12
Note: With title: Flight Poem