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y separately published work icon The Chair of Babel selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Peter Porter http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/porter-peter
Issue Details: First known date: 1992... 1992 The Chair of Babel
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,: Oxford, Oxfordshire,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,: New York (City), New York (State),
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,:Oxford University Press , 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,", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 1)
The Child at Sixtyi"The harpsichord plays out of black or silver grooves", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 2)
Encouragement to Sleepi"The things beside the bed will wake with you.", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 2)
Go Some of You, and Fetch a Looking-Glassi"When Hardy looked into his glass, he saw", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 3)
Nothing Neither Wayi"I saw the world cease at my cradle's foot.", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
Desktop Confessioni"It is the brain which publishes our lives.", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 6)
Bedriddeni"There is a space like Lear's fired upland", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 7-8)
The Cheque is in the Posti"Strange you can live so many years and now", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 9)
Coal Smokei"He filters to the back of throat, a young man", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 10)
The Village Explaineri"The art of life is to be provincial;", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 11-12)
Bad Dreams in Venicei"Again I found you in my sleep", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 13)
Bad Dreams in Naplesi"My mind, that privatized Maecenas,", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
Wish We Were Therei"It would be our garden of scents and Spitfires,", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
Verb Sapi"Nothing they say of this", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 18)
Still Life with Catsi"Once more I thank you beasts: you have delivered me", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 19)
Awakening of Pleasant Feelings Upon Arriving in the Countryi"I was talking to a tree near Kettering,", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 20)
Pigeons, Gulls and Starlingsi"Imagine a heaven where every one of these", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 21)
Fainting Goatsi"So then, on the road,", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 22-23)
In Rosewelli"These small, well-built and greystone Lothian houses", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 24)
Woken at Nooni"Good little liberals, the crocuses", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 25)
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