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Notes
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In Twelve Poets the date 1963-1967 is printed after the poems, suggesting that this is the date it was written.
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Parts 5, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 were not reproduced in the Twelve Poets version.
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Six of the fifteen poems from this sequence are included (under the title 'The Porter Song Book') in The Rest on the Flight: Selected Poems. Because most parts of the sequence are omitted from this collection, it is not listed as a source for the sequence.
Includes
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The Porter Song Book : From an Old Master
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"On the green cloth of summer lie",
1969
single work
poetry
— Appears in: A Porter Folio : New Poems 1969; (p. 69) Collected Poems 1983; (p. 115) Collected Poems 1999; (p. 138) Southerly , vol. 63 no. 1 2003; (p. 29) The Rest on the Flight : Selected Poems 2010; (p. 73) -
The Porter Song Book : Quick Frozen Poem
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"God, she's wolfed two sides",
1969
single work
poetry
— Appears in: A Porter Folio : New Poems 1969; (p. 69) Collected Poems 1983; (p. 115) Collected Poems 1999; (p. 138) -
The Porter Song Book : Wir Haben Beide Lange Zeit Geschwiegen
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"We sit untalkative in a room",
1969
single work
poetry
— Appears in: A Porter Folio : New Poems 1969; (p. 63) Twelve Poets, 1950-1970 1971; (p. 153-154) Collected Poems 1983; (p. 110) A Porter Selected : Poems 1959-1989 1989; (p. 34) Collected Poems 1999; (p. 133) The Rest on the Flight : Selected Poems 2010; (p. 71) -
The Porter Song Book : Story from a Travel Book
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"They spent three months in the marshes.",
1969
single work
poetry
— Appears in: A Porter Folio : New Poems 1969; (p. 63) Twelve Poets, 1950-1970 1971; (p. 154) Collected Poems 1983; (p. 111) A Porter Selected : Poems 1959-1989 1989; (p. 34) Collected Poems 1999; (p. 133) The Rest on the Flight : Selected Poems 2010; (p. 71-72) -
The Porter Song Book : The Sanatorium
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"Flowers brought by the lying woman",
1969
single work
poetry
— Appears in: A Porter Folio : New Poems 1969; (p. 64) Twelve Poets, 1950-1970 1971; (p. 154-155) Collected Poems 1983; (p. 111) A Porter Selected : Poems 1959-1989 1989; (p. 35) Collected Poems 1999; (p. 134) -
The Porter Song Book : Clairvoyant
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"You've narrowed the horizon to a noose",
1969
single work
poetry
— Appears in: A Porter Folio : New Poems 1969; (p. 64-65) Twelve Poets, 1950-1970 1971; (p. 155) Collected Poems 1983; (p. 112) A Porter Selected : Poems 1959-1989 1989; (p. 35) Collected Poems 1999; (p. 134) The Rest on the Flight : Selected Poems 2010; (p. 72) -
The Porter Song Book : Journal Entry
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"Then when we stop the car deep in cow parsley",
1968
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Australian Letters , January vol. 8 no. 1 1968; (p. 11) A Porter Folio : New Poems 1969; (p. 65) Collected Poems 1983; (p. 112) A Porter Selected : Poems 1959-1989 1989; (p. 36) Collected Poems 1999; (p. 135) Southerly , vol. 63 no. 1 2003; (p. 29) -
The Porter Song Book : Genius Loci
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"Look nothing has changed -",
1969
single work
poetry
— Appears in: A Porter Folio : New Poems 1969; (p. 65) Twelve Poets, 1950-1970 1971; (p. 155-156) Collected Poems 1983; (p. 112) A Porter Selected : Poems 1959-1989 1989; (p. 36) Collected Poems 1999; (p. 135) The Rest on the Flight : Selected Poems 2010; (p. 72-73) -
The Porter Song Book : In Hora Ultima
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"At the final hour",
1969
single work
poetry
— Appears in: A Porter Folio : New Poems 1969; (p. 65-66) Twelve Poets, 1950-1970 1971; (p. 156) Collected Poems 1983; (p. 113) A Porter Selected : Poems 1959-1989 1989; (p. 36) Collected Poems 1999; (p. 135) -
The Porter Song Book : The Visitation
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"A night after Michaelmas, under",
1969
single work
poetry
— Appears in: A Porter Folio : New Poems 1969; (p. 66) Twelve Poets, 1950-1970 1971; (p. 156) Collected Poems 1983; (p. 113) A Porter Selected : Poems 1959-1989 1989; (p. 37) Collected Poems 1999; (p. 136) -
The Porter Song Book : Lyric Found in a Bottle
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"I'm locked in my own body.",
1969
single work
poetry
— Appears in: A Porter Folio : New Poems 1969; (p. 66-67) Twelve Poets, 1950-1970 1971; (p. 156-157) Collected Poems 1983; (p. 113-114) A Porter Selected : Poems 1959-1989 1989; (p. 37) Collected Poems 1999; (p. 136) -
The Porter Song Book : Late Lyric
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"An area one inch by about",
1969
single work
poetry
— Appears in: A Porter Folio : New Poems 1969; (p. 67) Twelve Poets, 1950-1970 1971; (p. 157) Collected Poems 1983; (p. 114) A Porter Selected : Poems 1959-1989 1989; (p. 38) Collected Poems 1999; (p. 137) -
The Porter Song Book : Poetry
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"An old art spreading rumours about",
1969
single work
poetry
— Appears in: A Porter Folio : New Poems 1969; (p. 67) Collected Poems 1983; (p. 114) A Porter Selected : Poems 1959-1989 1989; (p. 38) Collected Poems 1999; (p. 137) The Rest on the Flight : Selected Poems 2010; (p. 73) -
The Porter Song Book : White Wedding
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"At St Columba's or St James's, Spanish Place,",
1969
single work
poetry
— Appears in: A Porter Folio : New Poems 1969; (p. 68) Collected Poems 1983; (p. 114) A Porter Selected : Poems 1959-1989 1989; (p. 38) Collected Poems 1999; (p. 137) Southerly , vol. 63 no. 1 2003; (p. 29) -
The Porter Song Book : 13
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"The mynah bird dips its beak",
1969
single work
poetry
— Appears in: A Porter Folio : New Poems 1969; (p. 68) Collected Poems 1983; (p. 115) A Porter Selected : Poems 1959-1989 1989; (p. 39) Collected Poems 1999; (p. 138)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Afterthought
1971
single work
autobiography
criticism
— Appears in: Twelve Poets, 1950-1970 1971; (p. 163-164)
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Afterthought
1971
single work
autobiography
criticism
— Appears in: Twelve Poets, 1950-1970 1971; (p. 163-164)
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