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Publication Date: December 1990 | ISBN-10: 0856404446 | ISBN-13: 978-0856404443 | Edition: 2 Sub

Revised, updated edition of a successful anthology first published in 1979. It presents the full spectrum of twentieth century Northern Irish poetry, from the contemplative John Hewitt to the personal, highly crafted work of Heaney. Here also is Michael Longley, John Montague, Paul Muldoon, Medbh McGuckian, and many others. Also includes work from the new generation of poets that has emerged since the original anthology was published.

#outer_postBodyPS { display: none; } #psGradient { display: none; } #psPlaceHolder { display: none; } #psExpand { display: none; } Revised, updated edition of a successful anthology first published in 1979. It presents the full spectrum of twentieth century Northern Irish poetry, from the contemplative John Hewitt to the personal, highly crafted work of Heaney. Here also is Michael Longley, John Montague, Paul Muldoon, Medbh McGuckian, and many others. Also includes work from the new generation of poets that has emerged since the original anthology was published.

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Conversation With Strangers by George (1904-1989) Buchanan
I Suddenly Have Come To Love by George (1904-1989) Buchanan
Jill's Death by George (1904-1989) Buchanan
Lewis Mumford by George (1904-1989) Buchanan
Lyle Donaghy, Poet, 1902-1949 by George (1904-1989) Buchanan
Revolutionary Revolution by George (1904-1989) Buchanan
Song For Straphangers by George (1904-1989) Buchanan
A Speaker In The Square by George (1904-1989) Buchanan
Theatrical Venus by George (1904-1989) Buchanan
War-and-peace by George (1904-1989) Buchanan
Asylum by Ciaran Carson
Belfast Confetti by Ciaran Carson
Campaign by Ciaran Carson
Dresden by Ciaran Carson
Hamlet by Ciaran Carson
The Irish For No by Ciaran Carson
The Knee by Ciaran Carson
The Mouth by Ciaran Carson
The Likelihood Of Snow - The Danger Of Fire by Gerald Dawe
Names by Gerald Dawe
A Question Of Covenants; 28 September 1913 by Gerald Dawe
Seamen's Mission by Gerald Dawe
Sheltering Places; For Norma Fitzherald by Gerald Dawe
Solstice by Gerald Dawe
The Brethren by Seamus Deane
A Burial by Seamus Deane
Fording The River by Seamus Deane
History Lessons; For Ronan Sheehan And Richard Kearney by Seamus Deane
Return by Seamus Deane
Roots by Seamus Deane
A Schooling by Seamus Deane
Angel by Andrew Elliott
Here Today ... by Andrew Elliott
The Love Poem by Andrew Elliott
The Stay Behind by Andrew Elliott
The X-ray by Andrew Elliott
The British Connection; A Litany Of Terror by Padraic Fiacc
Enemy Encounter by Padraic Fiacc
First Movement; For Alan Rodgers by Padraic Fiacc
Gloss by Padraic Fiacc
Intimate Letter 1973 by Padraic Fiacc
Saint Coleman's Song For Flight - An Ite Missa Est by Padraic Fiacc
Soldiers; For Seamus Deane by Padraic Fiacc
Brothers And Sisters by Michael Foley
Lucky Eugene; A Teaching Poem by Michael Foley
The Middle Manager In Paradise by Michael Foley
On The Waterfront by Michael Foley
A Provincial Adolescence by Michael Foley
True Life Love Stories: 16 by Michael Foley
True Life Love Stories: 19 by Michael Foley
True Life Love Stories: 29 by Michael Foley
The Bird by Robert Greacen
Captain Fox by Robert Greacen
Carnival At The River by Robert Greacen
Father And Son by Robert Greacen
St. Andrew's Day by Robert Greacen
A Summer Day by Robert Greacen
Bogland; For T.p. Flanagan by Seamus Heaney
Clearances; In Memoriam M.k.h., 1911-1984: 3 by Seamus Heaney
Clearances; In Memoriam M.k.h., 1911-1984: 4 by Seamus Heaney
Clearances; In Memoriam M.k.h., 1911-1984: 7 by Seamus Heaney
Clearances; In Memoriam M.k.h., 1911-1984: 8 by Seamus Heaney
Follower by Seamus Heaney
The Harvest Bow by Seamus Heaney
The Haw Lantern by Seamus Heaney
Mossbawn: Two Poems In Dedication. 1. Sunlight by Seamus Heaney
Mossbawn: Two Poems In Dedication. 2. The Seed Cutters by Seamus Heaney
The Other Side by Seamus Heaney
The Otter by Seamus Heaney
A Postcard From North Antrim; In Memory Of Sean Armstrong by Seamus Heaney
Singing School: 6. Exposure by Seamus Heaney
Sloe Gin by Seamus Heaney
The Tollund Man by Seamus Heaney
Because I Paced My Thought by John Hewitt
A Father's Death by John Hewitt
From The Tibetan by John Hewitt
I Write For My Own Kind by John Hewitt
An Irishman In Coventry by John Hewitt
A Local Poet by John Hewitt
O Country People by John Hewitt
Once Alien Here by John Hewitt
The Ram's Horn by John Hewitt
The Scar; For Padraic Fiacc by John Hewitt
The Search by John Hewitt
Sonnets For Roberta: 1 by John Hewitt
Sonnets For Roberta: 2 by John Hewitt
Substance And Shadow by John Hewitt
Dog Day Lesson by John (1962-) Hughes
Knowingness by John (1962-) Hughes
A Respect For Law And Order; For Dermot Seymour by John (1962-) Hughes
Eden Says No; Graffiti In Eden Village, County Antrim by Robert Johnstone
Every Cache: 3 by Robert Johnstone
Every Cache: 4 by Robert Johnstone
The Fruit Of Knowledge by Robert Johnstone
New Incidents In The Life Of Shelley: 2 by Robert Johnstone
Robot Camera by Robert Johnstone
Undertakers by Robert Johnstone
An Amish Rug by Michael Longley
Fleance by Michael Longley
Ghetto by Michael Longley
In Memoriam by Michael Longley
The Linen Industry by Michael Longley
Man Lying On A Wall; Homage To L.s. Lowry by Michael Longley
No Continuing City by Michael Longley
Peace; After Tibullus by Michael Longley
The Third Light by Michael Longley
Wounds by Michael Longley
Autobiography by Frederick Louis Macneice
Autumn Journal: 16 by Frederick Louis Macneice
Carrickfergus by Frederick Louis Macneice
Charon by Frederick Louis Macneice
Elegy For Minor Poets by Frederick Louis Macneice
The Introduction by Frederick Louis Macneice
Meeting-point by Frederick Louis Macneice
Prayer Before Birth by Frederick Louis Macneice
Snow by Frederick Louis Macneice
The Sunlight On The Garden by Frederick Louis Macneice
The Taxis by Frederick Louis Macneice
The Truisms by Frederick Louis Macneice
Achill by Derek Mahon
Courtyards In Delft by Derek Mahon
A Disused Shed In Co. Wexford by Derek Mahon
Ecclesiastes by Derek Mahon
In Carrowdore Churchyard; At The Grave Of Louis Macneice by Derek Mahon
The Last Of The Fire Kings by Derek Mahon
Poem Beginning With A Line By Cavafy by Derek Mahon
A Refusal To Mourn by Derek Mahon
The Snow Party; For Louis Asekoff by Derek Mahon
The Spring Vacation; For Michael Longley by Derek Mahon
An Unborn Child by Derek Mahon
Cowboy Film by Tom Matthews
Even The Whales Now by Tom Matthews
Happy Arabia by Tom Matthews
Private But Sulphurous by Tom Matthews
Robert Sat by Tom Matthews
Cash Positive by Peter Mcdonald
Christmas by Peter Mcdonald
Pleasures Of The Imagination by Peter Mcdonald
Sunday In Great Tew; 8th November 1987 by Peter Mcdonald
Totalled by Peter Mcdonald
Bigamy To Love And To Dream by Roy Mcfadden
Contemplations Of Mary by Roy Mcfadden
Epithalamium by Roy Mcfadden
First Letter To An Irish Novelist; For Michael Mclaverty by Roy Mcfadden
For The Record by Roy Mcfadden
The Grand Central Hotel; For Robert Greacen by Roy Mcfadden
My Mother's Young Sister by Roy Mcfadden
Stringer's Field by Roy Mcfadden
The Flitting by Medbh Mcguckian
The Flower Master by Medbh Mcguckian
Little House, Big House by Medbh Mcguckian
Mr. Mcgregor's Garden by Medbh Mcguckian
On Not Being Your Lover by Medbh Mcguckian
The Presence by Medbh Mcguckian
The Sitting by Medbh Mcguckian
The Sofa by Medbh Mcguckian
Tulips by Medbh Mcguckian
All Legendary Obstacles Lay Between by John Montague
The Cage by John Montague
A Drink Of Milk by John Montague
Hearth Song; For Seamus Heaney by John Montague
Herbert Street Revisited by John Montague
Last Journey; I.m. James Montague by John Montague
Like Dolmens Round My Childhood, The Old People by John Montague
The Point by John Montague
The Same Gesture by John Montague
The Silver Flask by John Montague
The Trout; For Barrie Cooke by John Montague
A Welcoming Party by John Montague
Aisling by Paul Muldoon
Anseo by Paul Muldoon
Cuba by Paul Muldoon
The Field Hospital by Paul Muldoon
Gathering Mushrooms by Paul Muldoon
Ma by Paul Muldoon
Meeting The British by Paul Muldoon
The Mixed Marriage by Paul Muldoon
Quoof by Paul Muldoon
Truce by Paul Muldoon
The Weepies by Paul Muldoon
A Day In August by Frank Ormsby
Home by Frank Ormsby
Northern Spring: 13. Apples, Normandy, 1944 by Frank Ormsby
Northern Spring: 30. Soldier Bathing by Frank Ormsby
Spot The Ball by Frank Ormsby
The War Photographers by Frank Ormsby
Winter Offerings by Frank Ormsby
Cadaver Politic by Tom Paulin
Desertmartin by Tom Paulin
A Lyric Afterwards by Tom Paulin
Manichean Geography I by Tom Paulin
The Other Voice by Tom Paulin
Personal Column by Tom Paulin
Settlers by Tom Paulin
Surveillances by Tom Paulin
A Ulster Unionist Walks The Streets Of London by Tom Paulin
Under The Eyes by Tom Paulin
Bottles In The Zoological Museum by William Peskett
From Belfast To Suffolk by William Peskett
The Inheritors; For Paul Muldoon by William Peskett
The Question Of Time by William Peskett
Star And Sea by William Peskett
Window Dressing by William Peskett
Field Day by William Robert Rodgers
Lent by William Robert Rodgers
The Lovers by William Robert Rodgers
The Net by William Robert Rodgers
The Party by William Robert Rodgers
Resurrection: An Easter Sequence: And He Had Scourged Jesus by William Robert Rodgers
Resurrection: An Easter Sequence: And They Crucified Him by William Robert Rodgers
Resurrection: An Easter Sequence: Mary Magdalene & Other by William Robert Rodgers
Resurrection: An Easter Sequence: Stood By The Cross..mother by William Robert Rodgers
Resurrection: An Easter Sequence: Then Cometh Jesus by William Robert Rodgers
Stormy Night by William Robert Rodgers
The Swan by William Robert Rodgers
Words by William Robert Rodgers
After Eden by James Simmons
A Birthday Poem by James Simmons
Didn't He Ramble; For Michael Longley by James Simmons
Eden by James Simmons
For Imelda by James Simmons
From The Irish by James Simmons
The Honeymoon by James Simmons
The Influence Of Natural Objects; For Bill Ireland by James Simmons
Join Me In Celebrating by James Simmons
Lullaby For Rachael by James Simmons
One Of The Boys by James Simmons
Stephano Remembers by James Simmons
A Baby In The House by Patrick Williams
In The Dark by Patrick Williams
Lost Seed by Patrick Williams
Passing Through by Patrick Williams
Rhapsody On Main Street by Patrick Williams
Trails by Patrick Williams
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®