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A collection of 41 poems some of which had been previously published. The subjects of the poems range from historic European cities to the Australia of Porter's childhood and the quiet domestic scene.
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Dedication: For Evan Jones
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Content indexing in process.
Contents
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, 2001 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.- Deo Gratias Angliai"So when the moon is high on ancient spell", single work poetry (p. 4)
- Late Linesi"Miscellanies as far afield as Tottel", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Max is Missingi"The stars are there as mathematics is,", single work poetry (p. 10-11)
- The Puppy of Heaveni"No one to flee from down the", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Last Wordsi"In the beginning was the Word", single work poetry
- Streetside Poppiesi"After fifty years of writing poetry", single work poetry
- In Paradisumi"The human body's a barometer", single work poetry
- Orlando's Parroti"My grandson's lighter-than-air sad parrot", single work poetry
- Come Close My Eyesi"Our evil days grow shorter and the span", single work poetry
- The Sydney Spidersi"That these seraphically pendentive killing fields", single work poetry
- A Butterfly Stampedei"Softest of God's creatures ganging up", single work poetry
- Reinventing the Wheeli"The age demands that we invent the wheel.", single work poetry
- Servants of the Servant of the Musei"Brave Servitos! The ones who wrote the wounding letters,", single work poetry
- The Atheist's Comedyi"Variety's the life of spice words say", single work poetry
- The Undarken'd Rayi"Even those wily moralists who guess", single work poetry
- The Last Hours of Cassiodorusi"God is laying his last slat to the roof,", single work poetry
- Le Patron Mange Icii"Despite what Auden wrote", single work poetry
- So Unimaginably Different and So Long Agoi"We who would probably want to remake", single work poetry
- Antonio Soler's Fingertipsi"Starting, starting, starting - I achieve", single work poetry
- Old Friendsi"Caught by your trade - a spacious memoir", single work poetry
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Memoir as Suicide
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , October vol. 14 no. 2 2010; 'Anecdotal by necessity, this essay through an act of confession considers the advantages and disadvantages of memoir as a genre for the contemporary writer who is also an academic. Employing the ruminative techniques of the lyric essay in order to question the reliance of confessional prose on anecdotal narrative, the prose style deliberately mingles genres in fragments that attempt both to stalk the subject - confessional ethics - and to free it from a narrative entrapment where content is supreme to textual expression. Considering also the notion of creative writing as therapy, and the vanity of the self-directed gaze, any resolutions are avoided as intimacies reveal the thorny negotiations of writing and revelation.' (Author's abstract) -
Perfect Gentleman
2003
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 13 September 2003; (p. 7) -
Indicators : New Poetry
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 170 2003; (p. 135-138)
— Review of Otherland no. 8 2002 periodical issue ; Girl With Green Hair 2000 selected work poetry ; The Pomelo Tree 1999 selected work poetry ; Max is Missing 2001 selected work poetry ; Itinerant Blues 2002 selected work poetry ; Flying Blind 2002 selected work poetry ; The Clothes-Prop Man : Poems from the South Para Reservoir 2002 selected work poetry ; The Ventriloquist's Child 2001 selected work poetry short story -
A Year of Reading Well : Poetry
2002
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 3 August 2002; (p. 7) -
Flights of the Plain and Fancy
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11-12 May 2002; (p. 10)
— Review of Max is Missing 2001 selected work poetry ; Darker and Lighter 2001 selected work poetry ; Ultra : 25 Poems 2001 selected work poetry ; And Dug My Fingers in the Sand 2000 selected work poetry
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Indicators : New Poetry
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 170 2003; (p. 135-138)
— Review of Otherland no. 8 2002 periodical issue ; Girl With Green Hair 2000 selected work poetry ; The Pomelo Tree 1999 selected work poetry ; Max is Missing 2001 selected work poetry ; Itinerant Blues 2002 selected work poetry ; Flying Blind 2002 selected work poetry ; The Clothes-Prop Man : Poems from the South Para Reservoir 2002 selected work poetry ; The Ventriloquist's Child 2001 selected work poetry short story -
Deft Confrontations with Ageing and Death
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 26 January 2002; (p. 7)
— Review of Max is Missing 2001 selected work poetry ; Darker and Lighter 2001 selected work poetry -
A Thought Per Word
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 238 2002; (p. 25-26)
— Review of Max is Missing 2001 selected work poetry -
A Portable Labyrinth
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 8 March no. 5162 2002; (p. 25)
— Review of Max is Missing 2001 selected work poetry -
Verse and Converse
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , May vol. 12 no. 4 2002; (p. 42-43)
— Review of Max is Missing 2001 selected work poetry -
Perfect Gentleman
2003
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 13 September 2003; (p. 7) -
Memoir as Suicide
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , October vol. 14 no. 2 2010; 'Anecdotal by necessity, this essay through an act of confession considers the advantages and disadvantages of memoir as a genre for the contemporary writer who is also an academic. Employing the ruminative techniques of the lyric essay in order to question the reliance of confessional prose on anecdotal narrative, the prose style deliberately mingles genres in fragments that attempt both to stalk the subject - confessional ethics - and to free it from a narrative entrapment where content is supreme to textual expression. Considering also the notion of creative writing as therapy, and the vanity of the self-directed gaze, any resolutions are avoided as intimacies reveal the thorny negotiations of writing and revelation.' (Author's abstract) -
A Year of Reading Well : Poetry
2002
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 3 August 2002; (p. 7)
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