Oneiros Press ~ Illinois
(Shawn Sheehy)

In The X-Ray of the Sarcophagus of Ta-Pero
By Albert Goldbarth
2002. Edition of 150.

12.75 x 20". Broadside printed in dark red, blue & black with silver lettering on cream paper. Fourteen lines of poetry printed on bottom right of broadside with title printed vertical in two rows along upper right edge. The left side is an illustration of a skull reflecting the poem.

This poem by Albert Goldbarth is the first broadside in Sheehy's Series 1. Signed by Goldbarth.

Of the twenty-second Dynasty, we see the skull...

$75

Lack, the Willow
By Jane Mead
2002. Edition of 150.

12.75 x 20". Broadside printed in green and black on cream paper. Poetry down right third of broadside in verses of two lines each. Title printed in capitals vertically on left side of poetry. Illustration of hand stretched palm out with willow leaf growing up through it so that roots are underneath and leaf is above the hand.

This is the second broadside in Sheehy's Series I. The poem is by Jane Mead and is signed by her.

The good earth spins and circles. The willow speaks from the center...

$75

shift
By Barbara McGrath
2002. Edition of 150.

12.75 x 20". Broadside printed in tan & black. Three verses, six lines each, of poetry printed at bottom right of broadside. Title printed in black lower case in middle to right.

This is the third broadside in Sheehy's Series 1. SIGNED by McGrath and dated 1/24/02.

Evenings I can smell the day on his skin, oil and metal and the rounds of beer after...

$75

Deep Chess
By Lawrence Ferlinghetti
2002. Edition of 150.

13 x 21" Broadside printed in green & orange on cream paper. Poetry down right third of broadside printed on green background. Title printed in capitals right side above poetry. Illustration of naked man seated with head a stopwatch. Hand reaching down to click the stop watch. Orange checked chess board overlays bottom half of man's torso.

This broadside was designed by Shawn Sheehy and made possible by the kind assistance of the Columbia College Chicago Center for Book , & Paper Arts and Graphic Products Corporations. This is the first in Sheehy's Series 2. The text is an except from the poem "These Are My Rivers" by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. The broadside is signed & dated by the poet.

Life itself like championship chess
dark players jousting
on a checkered field
              where you have only so much time
to complete your moves ...

$75

Hurricane Linda Strikes California Coastline
By Thea Kuticka
2001. Edition of 150.

10.5 x 16.5". Broadside printed in cream, red and neon green with brown lettering. Twenty one lines of poetry printed on right of broadside with title printed vertical in two rows along top. The left side is an illustration of a hurricane's path along the California coastline. Series 2, Volume 2. Designed by Shawn Sheehy.

This poem by Thea Kuticka was the winner of the 2001 Oneiros Press Poetry Contest. It was selected by Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
$50

When You Walk the Curtis Tungsten Mine Road
By Frances Ruhlen McConnel
2004. Edition of 150.

10.2 x 16.625" broadside printed in brown, yellow, and green on cream paper with brown lettering. Poem signed by author. Poem is on right of broadside with title between verses. Left hand side is illustration of fern leaves, crows, lizards and dogwood blooms. Series 3, Volume 2. Designed by Shawn Sheehy.
$50

Things to do in the Belly of the Whale
By Dan Albergotti
Chicago: Oneiros Press, 2007. Edition of 100.

10 x 16.5"; single sheet. Letterpress printed. Design and paper by Shawn Sheehy.

Dan Albergotti’s poems have appeared in Mid-American Review, Prairie Schooner, The Southern Review, The Virginia Quarterly Review, and other journals. "Belly of the Whale" is the winner of the 5th Annual Oneiros Press Poetry Broadside Contest, selected by Kathleen Peirce.

Measure the walls. Count the ribs. Notch the long days. ...
                                                                      ...Remember
treading water in the center of the still night sea, your toes
pointing again and again down, down into the black depths.

$75