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y separately published work icon The Cost of Seriousness selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Peter Porter http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/porter-peter
Issue Details: First known date: 1978... 1978 The Cost of Seriousness
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Oxford, Oxfordshire,
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,:Oxford University Press , 1978 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
To Venetia's Shores Have Comei"They say this state is sinking", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 39-40)
'Talking Shop' Tankai"Looking at six books", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 45-46)
Old-Fashioned Weddingi"It was for this they were made,", Peter Porter , single work poetry
At Ramsholti"The harvest is in early. Across the paddock,", Peter Porter , single work poetry
The Picture of Nobodyi"We are always being framed somewhere. A camera, an eye", Peter Porter , single work poetry
The Orchid on the Rocki"Two hundred yards from the house", Peter Porter , single work poetry
The Charnel House, St Leonard's, Hythei"One of us, the prettiest,", Peter Porter , single work poetry
A Portrait by Giulio Romanoi"Dear long-dead lady,", Peter Porter , single work poetry
Poem Waiting to be Translatedi"I have tried to stop drinking", Peter Porter , single work poetry
Scream and Variationsi"When I came into the world I saw", Peter Porter , single work poetry
Three Transportations : Piero di Cosimo on the Shoalhaveni"Through a banksia's cone the fire passes,", Peter Porter , single work poetry
Three Transportations : The Boccherini Music Campi"The widower as wooer -", Peter Porter , single work poetry
Evensongi"Coming upon them suddenly,", Peter Porter , single work poetry
Looking at a Melozzo da Forlii"And in this instance we think of you, God,", Peter Porter , single work poetry
Schumann Sings Schuberti"An old woman,", Peter Porter , single work poetry
A Brahms Intermezzoi"The heart is a minor artist", Peter Porter , single work poetry
L'Incoronazione di Poppeai"To have known personally the demon", Peter Porter , single work poetry
Under New Managementi"After a discipleship of plain days,", Peter Porter , single work poetry
Waiting for Rain in Devoni"Rain here on a tableau of cows", Peter Porter , single work poetry
The Lying Arti"It is all rhetoric rich as wedding cake", Peter Porter , single work poetry
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