Begin ................................................................................................ 202 Bread................................................................................................205 ‘Dear Autumn Girl’............................................................................ 208 Poem from a Three Year Old.............................................................. 211 Oliver to His Brother .........................................................................216 I See You Dancing, Father .................................................................219 A Cry for Art O’Leary........................................................................ 222 Things I Might Do ............................................................................ 232 A Great Day ..................................................................................... 236 Fragments........................................................................................241 The soul’s loneliness....................................................................... 244 Saint Brigid’s Prayer ...................................................................... 247 An Overview of the Themes in Brendan Kennelly’s Poetry .............251 Important Features of Brendan Kennelly’s Language and Style .... 255 Writing about Brendan Kennelly .....................................................261
