A time for voices : selected poems 1960-1990 /
Brendan Kennelly.
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Bloodaxe Books, 1990
- 174 p. ; 22 cm. + pbk.
Includes index.
The gift -- The blind man -- The story -- My dark fathers -- To learn -- The stick -- Catechism -- After School -- Killybegs -- Yes -- The Brightest of All -- The Smell -- Horsechestnuts -- Lost -- Entering -- The Exhibition -- The Horse's Head -- The grip -- The tippler -- The pig-killer -- Time for the Knife -- The Stones -- Innocent -- Poem from a three year old -- The visitor -- Baby -- Girl on a Tightrope -- Love-cry -- The Thatcher -- The Swimmer -- The Runner -- Bridge -- The kiss -- The hurt -- That look -- A leather apron -- A man in smoke remembered -- A man, but rarely mentioned -- The gift returned -- A beetle's back -- The learning -- Dream of a black fox -- Connection -- The scarf -- The Lislaughtin Cross -- Book -- Lighting -- Shell -- Sea -- The island -- Bread -- The sandwomen -- Silence -- May the silence break -- The burning of her hair -- We are living -- A greasy pole -- A kind of trust -- A passionate and gentle voice -- Separation -- Willow -- A viable odyssey -- To you -- The Furies -- The moment of Letlive -- Beyond knowledge -- Swanning -- Honey -- The speech of trees -- Wish -- Knives -- Straying -- Phone Call -- Keep in touch -- Star -- High planes -- Proof -- Birth -- Let it go -- The Whiteness -- A giving -- Sacrifice -- The fire is crying -- A half-finished garden -- Her face -- A restoration -- She sees her own distance -- More dust -- Wings -- A music -- The habit of redemption -- A glimpse of starlings -- A winter rose -- The names of the dead are lightning -- I see you dancing, Father -- The third force -- Gestures -- Westland row -- The Celtic Twilight -- Moments when the light -- Ambulance -- Hunchback -- Dublin: A portrait -- Clearing a space -- A visit -- Light dying -- Good souls, to survive -- The sin -- Six of one -- Lear in Africa -- The pig -- The loud men -- The big words -- Tail-end Charlie -- Blame -- De Valera at Ninety-Two -- Points of View -- Calling the shots -- The black fox, again -- The house that Jack didn't build -- Statement of the former occupant -- The joke -- From Cromwell -- Note -- Measures -- Balloons -- A friend of the people -- Manager, Perhaps -- Rebecca Hill -- Some people -- Wine -- A bit of a swap -- An example -- A condition -- Discipline -- Oliver's Prophecies -- A relationship -- Nails -- 'Therefore, I smile' -- A running battle -- Am.
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English poetry--Irish authors--20th century. Irish poetry.