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y separately published work icon Dragons in Their Pleasant Palaces selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Peter Porter http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/porter-peter
Issue Details: First known date: 1997... 1997 Dragons in Their Pleasant Palaces
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Contents

* Contents derived from the New York (City), New York (State),
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Collateral Damagei"I see it this way, Mr. Beetfield,", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 31-32)
Fafner's Needleworki"I wanted to control the universe", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 33)
The Tenor is Too Closei"Our tenor's stumpy, stout and spitting as he sings.", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 34-35)
A Dance of Deathi"The cows sidle up to the fence", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 36)
Skinning a Skunki"Now there's a taking title. What", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 37-38)
Verdi's Villa, Santa Agatai"Within a radius of fifty miles", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 39-40)
The Lion of Antonello Da Messinai"My lion tells me", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 41)
What Borromini Sawi"Something appropriate to being Bernini's butler,", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 42)
Pines of Romei"As ghosts of old legionaries, or the upright", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 43)
The Cocks of Campagnaticoi"The heart grown old can't fake its scholarship", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 44)
The Rose Garden on the Aventinei"Where may I take my now imploded body", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 45-46)
Three Otrantosi"The first Otranto was my ship.", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 47-48)
A Lamenti"In valleys where winds meet,", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 49-50)
A Short Ballad of Unbeliefi"It's not a good time for risk-taking", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 51-52)
A Reinterpretationi"After the Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 53)
Il Lacerato Spiritoi"Refreshment of life", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 54)
Mutant Proverbsi"Nine stitches are a waste of time.", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 55)
Death and the Moggiei"Good Morning, Citizen Cat,", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 56)
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