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Dedication: For Gavin Ewart
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Epigraph: The trumpet cries / This is the successor of the invisible. / This is its substitute in stratagems / Of the spirit. This, in sight and memory, / Must take place, as what is possible / Replaces what is not. Wallace Stevens, 'Credences of Summer'
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, 1989 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.- Next to Nothingi"The casque of a dragon-fly", single work poetry (p. 1)
- A Physical Worldi"To have sat in the awkwardest tree", single work poetry (p. 2)
- Decus Et Tutameni"Come with me to vistas of a low dissolving bay", single work poetry (p. 3-4)
- Woop Woopi"The backtrack Trebizond of everyone,", single work poetry (p. 5-6)
- River Runi"There is no source, though something like a bird", single work poetry (p. 7-8)
- The Blazing Birdsi"With their wicker worry wok of claque and claim", single work poetry (p. 9)
- The Ecstasy of Estuariesi"It is the right time to come here visiting,", single work poetry (p. 10-11)
- The Wind at Bundanoni"In the code of invisible painting", single work poetry (p. 12-13)
- A Headland Near Adelaidei"In this transparency", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Die-Backi"An early choice among the thousand possible", single work poetry (p. 15-16)
- A Chagall Postcardi"Is this the nature of all truth,", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Whitebaiti"A multitude of fervours comes to this,", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Capital and Interesti"From the discovery of penicillin", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Copycati"At least his funeral might be followed", single work poetry (p. 20)
- He Would, Wouldn't Hei"He'd say, if pressed, the bomb has kept us free,", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Serious Drinkingi"It comes from wanting to be perfect.", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Night Watchi"You sleep less as you grow older", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Tabs on Dickinsoni"Body and Soul drift homeward now", single work poetry (p. 24)
- The Farewell Statei"Waking, being glad, not blessing", single work poetry (p. 25)
- Sacred and Profanei"They hurry from their storeyed layers", single work poetry (p. 26)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Interior Landscapes in Peter Porter's Later Poetry
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 14 no. 2 2000; (p. 93-97)
— Appears in: Homing In : Essays on Australian Literature and Selfhood 2006; (p. 111-121, notes 269-270) -
A Vision Painted on a Wall
1993
single work
biography
— Appears in: National Library of Australia News , vol. 3 no. 6 1993; (p. 15-17) - y Peter Porter South Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1992 Z90225 1992 single work criticism
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Possible Worlds
1991
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Spirit in Exile : Peter Porter and His Poetry 1991; (p. 237-259) -
Untitled
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , June vol. 35 no. 2 1990; (p. 76-77)
— Review of Possible Worlds 1989 selected work poetry
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Exciting Recognitions
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 15-21 December 1989; (p. 1392)
— Review of A Porter Selected : Poems 1959-1989 1989 selected work poetry ; Possible Worlds 1989 selected work poetry -
The Exile and His Burden
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3 February 1990; (p. 78)
— Review of A Porter Selected : Poems 1959-1989 1989 selected work poetry ; Possible Worlds 1989 selected work poetry -
The Pick of Peter Porter
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , July no. 78 1990; (p. 28-29)
— Review of A Porter Selected : Poems 1959-1989 1989 selected work poetry ; Possible Worlds 1989 selected work poetry -
Grand Flights and Sunday Baths
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Winter no. 43/44 1990; (p. 66-70)
— Review of A Porter Selected : Poems 1959-1989 1989 selected work poetry ; Possible Worlds 1989 selected work poetry -
Davie's Rap
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: London Review of Books , 25 January vol. 12 no. 2 1990; (p. 15-16)
— Review of Possible Worlds 1989 selected work poetry ; The Boys Who Stole the Funeral : A Novel Sequence 1980 single work novel -
Stratagems of the Spirit : Peter Porter's "Possible Worlds"
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , December vol. 33 no. 12 1989; (p. 48-49) - y Peter Porter South Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1992 Z90225 1992 single work criticism
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Possible Worlds
1991
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Spirit in Exile : Peter Porter and His Poetry 1991; (p. 237-259) -
An Effect of Distance : Porter's History
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Overland , February no. 117 1990; (p. 20-24) -
A Vision Painted on a Wall
1993
single work
biography
— Appears in: National Library of Australia News , vol. 3 no. 6 1993; (p. 15-17)
Awards
- 1990 winner ASAL Awards — ALS Gold Medal
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