Title: Collected poems /
Authors: O'Brien, Sean, 1952-
Year: 2012
Subjects: Poets, English
Abstract: The definitive collection of Sean O'Brien's poetry, drawn from almost 40 years' work. This collection, drawing on almost forty years of verse, represents the definitive guide to the leading English poet working today.
Contents: Machine generated contents note: The Indoor Park (1983) -- The Snowfield -- Walking -- Air -- Station Song -- Le Depart -- The Park by the Railway -- Stories -- Anne-Marie, the Flower Girl -- Victorians -- The Disappointment -- The Police -- The Name -- The Brochure -- Clio -- William Ryan's Song in July -- In the Head -- Jazz -- For Lowell George -- The Beat Goes On -- The Next Meeting -- Midsummer's Eve -- Not Sending Cards this Year -- The Widower -- The Seaside Specialist -- Gun Law -- Heatwave -- Late -- Quiet Wedding -- The Lamp -- Tides -- Victims -- From the Narrator's Tale -- Two Finger Exercise -- The Captain's Pipe -- The Amateur God -- The Frighteners (1987) -- In a Military Archive -- The Dampers -- Young Howard -- A Master -- The Realists -- Civilians -- Summertime -- The Red Hospital -- The Allotment -- Trespass -- Song of the South -- Unregistered -- Terra Nova -- London Road -- The Mechanical Toy Museum -- How Ryan Got His Start in Life -- Ryan at Home