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Dedication: For my granddaughters, Amelia and Martha
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, 1992 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.- A Yes and a Noi"A Yes includes a No the body says,", single work poetry (p. 1)
- The Child at Sixtyi"The harpsichord plays out of black or silver grooves", single work poetry (p. 2)
- Encouragement to Sleepi"The things beside the bed will wake with you.", single work poetry (p. 2)
- Go Some of You, and Fetch a Looking-Glassi"When Hardy looked into his glass, he saw", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Nothing Neither Wayi"I saw the world cease at my cradle's foot.", single work poetry (p. 4-5)
- Desktop Confessioni"It is the brain which publishes our lives.", single work poetry (p. 6)
- Bedriddeni"There is a space like Lear's fired upland", single work poetry (p. 7-8)
- The Cheque is in the Posti"Strange you can live so many years and now", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Coal Smokei"He filters to the back of throat, a young man", single work poetry (p. 10)
- The Village Explaineri"The art of life is to be provincial;", single work poetry (p. 11-12)
- Bad Dreams in Venicei"Again I found you in my sleep", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Bad Dreams in Naplesi"My mind, that privatized Maecenas,", single work poetry (p. 14-15)
- Wish We Were Therei"It would be our garden of scents and Spitfires,", single work poetry (p. 16-17)
- Verb Sapi"Nothing they say of this", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Still Life with Catsi"Once more I thank you beasts: you have delivered me", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Awakening of Pleasant Feelings Upon Arriving in the Countryi"I was talking to a tree near Kettering,", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Pigeons, Gulls and Starlingsi"Imagine a heaven where every one of these", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Fainting Goatsi"So then, on the road,", single work poetry (p. 22-23)
- In Rosewelli"These small, well-built and greystone Lothian houses", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Woken at Nooni"Good little liberals, the crocuses", single work poetry (p. 25)
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) -
Poems Not Grounded in Specific Landscape
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 March 1993; (p. C8)
— Review of The Chair of Babel 1992 selected work poetry ; On the Move : Australian Poets in Europe 1992 anthology poetry - y Peter Porter South Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1992 Z90225 1992 single work criticism
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Porter Ex Machina
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Scripsi , vol. 8 no. 2 1992; (p. 191-198)
— Review of Peter Porter 1992 single work criticism ; The Chair of Babel 1992 selected work poetry -
Lyrical Trickery Enhances Poems
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 19 September 1992; (p. 10)
— Review of The Chair of Babel 1992 selected work poetry
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The Dialects of the Tribe
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 8 May no. 4649 1992; (p. 22)
— Review of The Chair of Babel 1992 selected work poetry -
Celebrating a Presence from the Past
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 September 1992; (p. rev 6)
— Review of The Chair of Babel 1992 selected work poetry -
Playful Intelligence
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , September no. 106 1992; (p. 30)
— Review of The Chair of Babel 1992 selected work poetry -
Lyrical Trickery Enhances Poems
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 19 September 1992; (p. 10)
— Review of The Chair of Babel 1992 selected work poetry -
Porter Ex Machina
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Scripsi , vol. 8 no. 2 1992; (p. 191-198)
— Review of Peter Porter 1992 single work criticism ; The Chair of Babel 1992 selected work poetry - y Peter Porter South Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1992 Z90225 1992 single work criticism
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After Poetry (15) : A Quarterly Account of Recent Poetry : from Modern to Postmodern and Beyond
1992
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 129 1992; (p. 36-42) -
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)
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