MCBREEN, JOAN, 1944-
Joan McBreen papers > Writings > Poems > Collected poems

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Subseries 2.2a
Collected poems, 1986-1999
Boxes 11-12

Arrangement Note

Arranged in chronological order by date of publication; individual poems within the work are arranged in alphabetical order.

The Wind Beyond the Wall (1990)
Box Folder Content
11 1 "The Broken Swing," manuscripts and typescripts, May 17, 1987 [variant titles: "A Visit to St. John's Abbey," and "St. John's Abby"]
11 2 "Christmas in Tuam," typescripts, April 12, 1986
11 3 "Classibawn," typescripts, February 12, 1986
11 4 "Culleenamore," typescript, undated [variant title: "Return Visit to Culleenamore"]
11 5 "The Dark," typescript, undated
11 6 "Fall, 1987," typescripts, undated
11 7 "The Gift," manuscript and typescripts, undated [variant title: "Wedgewood"]
11 8 "Girl with Umbrella," typescripts, undated
11 9 "The Glory-Hole," manuscripts, undated [variant title: "Hide and Seek"]
11 10 "The Green Quilt," manuscripts and typescripts, undated
11 11 "The Hunter's Infidel," manuscripts and typescripts, undated
11 12 "The Left Hand," manuscripts and typescripts, undated
11 13 "The Master," manuscripts, undated
11 14 "My Father," typescripts, undated
11 15 "My Grandmother," manuscripts and typescripts, undated
11 16 "My Space," typescripts, undated
11 17 "The Neighbours' Daughter," typescripts, undated
11 18 "The Night," typescripts, undated
11 19 "Once," typescripts, undated
11 20 "The Other Woman," typescripts, undated [variant title: "Another Woman"]
11 21 "The Peace-Keeper," typescripts, undated
11 22 "Poem for St. Brigid's Day," manuscript, undated
11 23 "Primroses in March," typescripts, undated
11 24 "Rabbits," manuscripts and typescripts, November 18, 1987 [variant titles: "The Crow's Feather," and "Rhododendrons and Rabbits"]
11 25 "River Music," typescripts, undated
11 26 "The Saints," manuscripts and typescripts, undated
11 27 "The Stones," manuscripts and typescripts, undated
11 28 "The Straw Hat," manuscript and typescript, undated
11 29 "Telephone Call," typescripts, undated
11 30 "Valkenswaard," manuscripts and typescripts, undated
11 31 "The Wedding Ring," manuscripts and typescripts, undated
11 32 "Wild Woodbine," typescripts, undated
11 33 "The Wind Beyond the Wall," manuscripts and typescripts, September 20, 1988
11 34 "The Woman and the Igloo," typescripts, undated
11 35 "The Woman in the Yellow Dress," manuscript and typescript, undated
11 36 "The Woman in the Whitehorn Tree," typescript, undated
11 37 "Woman in Winter," manuscripts and typescripts, undated
11 38 The Wind Beyond the Wall, bound typescript draft, undated
11 39 The Wind Beyond the Wall, dedication and notes page
11 40 The Wind Beyond the Wall, uncorrected proof copy
A Walled Garden in Moylough (1995)
11 41 "After Osip Mandelstam," manuscript and typescript, October 25, 1989
11 42 "Ben Bulben," manuscripts and typescripts, February 13, 1992
11 43 "Bog-Cotton," typescripts, undated
11 44 "The Clean Slice," manuscript, undated [variant title: "Beyond the Garden's Solitude"]
11 45 "Dream of a Poet Child," typescripts, April 22, 1989
11 46 "Eanach Cuain," manuscripts and typescripts, January 11, 1989 [variant title: "Remembering 'Eanach Cuain'-an Irish Lament"]
11 47 "Feathering the Room," manuscripts and typescripts, November 1-5, 1991
11 48 "Fionnuala," manuscripts, January 25-28, 1994 [variant title: "Fionnuala's Lament"]
11 49 "Girl," typescripts, undated
11 50 "Hanging Wallpaper," manuscripts and typescripts, October 18, 1993-February 15, 1994
11 51 "Heart in a Black Bowl," manuscripts and typescripts, June 8, 1991 [variant title: "Lover"]
11 52 "In a Suburban Garden on Christmas Night," typescripts, February 5, 1991
11 53 "In the Brief Time Given," manuscript, February 1994
11 54 "In the Daughter's Room," manuscripts and typescripts, undated
11 55 "In Memoriam of JPB (1916-1993)," manuscript and partial typescript, April 26, 1993 [variant titles: "Winter," and "Death in April"]
12 1 "The Inner Room," typescripts, undated
12 2 "The Iris Garden," typescript, June 22, 1992 [variant title: "In the Iris Garden"]
12 3 "Lettergesh," manuscripts and typescripts, June 3, 1990
12 4 "The Little Street," manuscripts and typescripts, March 31, 1993
12 5 "The Lost Brooch," manuscripts and typescripts, August-October, 1993
12 6 "The Mahogany Mirror in my Mother's Room," manuscript, January 26-27, 1992 [variant titles: "The Mahogany Mirror," and "I Wanted to Feel the Sun on my Skin"]
12 7 "Moore Hall in September," typescript, undated
12 8 "The Mountain Ash," manuscripts, undated
12 9 "The Nest," typescripts, undated
12 10 "The Notebook," manuscript and typescript, February 1994
12 11 "The Photograph of my Aunts," typescript, undated
12 12 "On Hearing my Daughter Play 'The Swan'," typescripts, April 2, 1992 [variant titles: "Chords" and "Swan"]
12 13 "On Reading Your Letter in June," manuscripts and typescripts, June 8, 1992
12 14 "Possibilities," typescripts, November 19, 1990 [variant title: "Postcards and Photograph on my Bedroom Mirror]
12 15 "Rose Cottage Finisklin, c 1995," typescripts, March 1991
12 16 "The Silken Robe," typescript, April 3, 1992
12 17 "Snow in September," typescripts, undated
12 18 "Someone Should Tell My Mother," manuscripts and typescripts, May 1991
12 19 "This Light, This Silence," manuscripts and typescripts, November 7, 1989
12 20 "Veronica," manuscripts and typescripts, May 16, 1990
12 21 "Walking Barefoot on White Feathers," typescripts, March 6, 1990
12 22 "A Walled Garden in Moylough," typescripts, May 10, 1991
12 23 "Watches," manuscripts and typescripts, April 11, 1994 [variant titles: "The Bird Table," "The Man, the Watch and the Bird Table"]
12 24 "Winding the Wool," typescript, undated
12 25 "Woman Herding Cattle in a Field near Kilcolgan," typescript, March 26, 1991
12 26 "Woman Watching the Door," manuscripts and typescripts, February-March 1993
12 27 A Walled Garden in Moylough, proposed table of contents
12 28 A Walled Garden in Moylough, partial typescript draft, October 5, 1992 [includes poems: "Emma in Spring," "Sea Pinks on my Window Sill," "Winter Jasmine," "Silent Night," and "Near Doilin Strand, "Carraroe," and "Under the Trees" not included in final publication]
12 29 A Walled Garden in Moylough, partial typescript draft, January 27, 1992
12 30 A Walled Garden in Moylough, typescript with corrections [contains typescript drafts that are not in the final version of published poetry collection]
12 31 A Walled Garden in Moylough, bound typescript draft, September 29, 1994 [includes variant title suggestions]
12 32 A Walled Garden in Moylough, notes
12 33 A Walled Garden in Moylough, page proofs, January 10-25, 1995 [includes editorial correspondence]
Winter in the Eye: New and Selected Poems (2003)
12 34 "The Bible Garden," manuscripts and typescripts, May 9, 1997
12 35 "Camellia," manuscripts and typescripts, March 1998
12 36 "A Cold May," manuscripts and typescripts, undated
12 37 "Glassilaun," manuscript, undated
12 38 "The Half-Hearted Lament" manuscripts and typescripts, June 6, 1996
12 39 "The Infinite," manuscript, September 24, 1997
12 40 "The Other Side of the River," manuscripts, undated [variant title: "The Opposite Side of the River"]
12 41 "Poppies in Dominick Street," manuscripts and typescripts, undated
12 42 "Remembered Time," typescripts, undated
12 43 "Silence is not a Space," February 21, 1999
12 44 "The Terminology of Love," typescript, May 15, 1991
12 45 "What We Have to Offer," page proof for The Literary Review, undated
12 46 "The Wisteria in the Courtyard of Dromore House," manuscripts and typescripts, undated
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