A View of Buildings and Water

Sep 28, 2026

A View of Buildings and Water presents a poetry collection by Geoffrey O’Brien, preceded by author background and full publication/copyright details. The book is structured into multiple parts with a clear contents list that sequences individual poems and themed sections. Readers move through works such as “Salt,” “For a Diva,” “Voice Over,” “The Lake,” “The Hill,” “The Deluge,” and later winter-focused pieces, culminating with “A History” and additional concluding numbers. Publication information includes first release year and rights conditions.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages112

Reading Time2 h 52 min

AccessFree to download

Contents

PART I

PART II

PART IV

Geoffrey O’BrienAView of Buildings and Water Digitized by the Internet Archivein 2022 with funding fromKahle/Austin Foundation ・一 # A View of Buildings and Water GEOFFREY O'BRIEN was born in New York City.His poetry has beencollected previously in A Book of Maps,The Hudson Mystery,and FloatingCity:Selected Poems 1978-1995.He is also the author of a number of proseworks including Hardboiled America,Dream Time:Chapters from the Sixties,The Phantom Empire,The Browser's Ecstasy,and Castaways of the Image Planet.He is editor-in-chief of The Library of America. . A View of Buildingsand Water # GEOFFREY O’BRIEN SALT PUBLISHED BY SALT PUBLISH1NGPO Box 202,Applecross,Western Australia 6153PO Box 937,Great Wilbraham,Cambridge PDO CB15JX United Kingdom All rights reserved ◎ Geoffrey OBrien,2002 The right ofGeoffrey O'Brien to be identified as theauthor of this work has been asserted by him in accordancewith Section 77 of the Copyright,Designs and Patents Act 1988. This book is in copyright.Subject to statutory exceptionand to provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements,no reproduction of any part may take place without the writtenpermission of Salt Publishing. First published 2002 Printed and bound in the United Kingdom by Lightning Source Typeset in Swift 9.5/13 This book is sold subject to the conditions that it shall not,by way of trade or otherwise,be lent,re-sold,hired out,or otherwise circulated without the publisher's prior consentin any form of binding or cover other than that in whichit is published and without a similar condition including thiscondition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser: ISBN 1876857552 paperback . For Michael O'Brien .901 Contents PART I For a DivaVoice OverVirgilian HerbPeninsulaHeads in LimboThe Prophet PART I The LakeThe Hill Late Geometric Grave-OfferingThe MarshThe Deluge PART II Songs Done In Praise of WinterSonic OdeSonic CodaTree of NamesProvidenceThe RingThe End of the Year PART IV Fires Were StartedA History 3 6 9 12 13 20 23 26 30 39 41 53 61 65 67 69 71 74 89 90 一

FAQs

Who is the author of A View of Buildings and Water?

The author is Geoffrey O’Brien.

How is the book organized in the contents?

The contents are grouped into parts (PART I, PART II, and PART IV), each listing multiple poems in sequence.

What publication and rights information is included?

The front matter includes copyright notices, first published year (2002), printing/typesetting credits, and conditions restricting reproduction and resale without written permission.

Sep 28, 2026

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