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y separately published work icon Collected Poems : Volume 2 1984-1999 selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Peter Porter http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/porter-peter
Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 Collected Poems : Volume 2 1984-1999
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,: Oxford, Oxfordshire,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,:Oxford University Press , 1999 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Cats of Campagnaticoi"Since a harebrained Devil has changed the world", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 27-28)
A Guide to the Godsi"You must recall that here they are intense,", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 28-29)
Santa Cecilia in Trasteverei"I found here only the music of exclusion,", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 29-30)
Unfinished Requiemsi"How could they come to an end,", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
Little Harmonic Labyrinthi"Come stars and beg of the one star", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 31-32)
To Himself : A Working from Leopardii"My exhausted heart", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 33)
Dis Manibus (in Memory of Claudius, Died August 1980)i"Here before me is a space", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 33-34)
A Vein of Racine'si"In this vain valley of ambition pleas cannot be bargained.", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 35-36)
Going to Partiesi"Truth to experience, to the sombre facts,", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 36-37)
The Hedonists Rehearse the Uprisingi"In two hours it will be Fasching", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 37-38)
Fast Forwardi"The view from Patmos, the ghost inside", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 39)
A Sour Decadei"These are the years which furnish no repentance", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 43)
Clutching at Culturei"That same purr-voiced disc jockey", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 43-44)
Ruritanian Residualsi"There, in the re-grown jungle,", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 44-45)
The Prince of Anachronismsi"Adolescents smelling frangipanni", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 45-46)
Sticking to the Texti"In the Great Book of Beginning we read", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 46-47)
Throw the Book at Themi"Where do we go to live? We're born ticking", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 48-49)
The Aching Catalysti"Flaking in a private room", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 49)
Attaccai"the last Muse is waiting on the corner", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 50-51)
The Rest on the Flighti"The painted pale projectile moves and seems", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 51-52)
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