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Author:agent Peter Porter http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/porter-peter

Issue Details: First known date: 1994... 1994 Millennial Fables

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Dedication: For William Trevor

* Contents derived from the Oxford, Oxfordshire,
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The Approach Road"They didn't tell you how you were to go,", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 13)

Forty Years On"It was notation of the English air", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 14)

Littoral Truth"You are discovering one of the mimetic truths", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 15)

The Picture of Little P.P. in a Prospect of Photographers' Props"See on this oval stained by time", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 16-17)

Connect Only"I'm drinking illicitly", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 18-19)

Nil by Mouth"Life enters by the mouth and so that's closed", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 20)

Covent Garden in the Sixties"Here where bridges to the past", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 21)

Together Again"I was strangely back - here, there or somewhere -", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 22)

Serenade"In manner of a mystery we hear", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 23)

Late in the Day"Following Yeats's 'Cold Heaven' is nominal", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 24)

Happiness"The world's a window on to death", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 25)

Sixes and Sevens"Of equilibrium", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 26)

Estates and Sunshine"And the poet stressed the flies. Metaphorical flies,", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 27)

Into the Garden with the Wrong Secateurs"The soul requires a second for repentance.", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 28-29)

Not the Thing Itself but Ideas About It"It wasn't the blackbird at the window", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 30)

Address to the Stars"These points of light which metaphors debate", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 31)

A George Herbert Word Game"So this contestant, ever keen to win,", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 32)

We 'See' His Poems with a Thrilling Freshness"What do we see", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 33)

World Poetry Conference Welcome Poem"Brothers and Sisters, whether joined or singlish,", Peter Porter , single work poetry humour (p. 34)

A Gadarene Projection"Between two pillars of the mind", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 35)

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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Oxford, Oxfordshire,
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England,
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c
United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,: Melbourne, Victoria,: New York (City), New York (State),
c
United States of America (USA),
c
Americas,: Oxford University Press , 1994 .

Extent: 94p.

Note/s:

Published simultaneously.

ISBN: 0192823914

Series: Oxford Poets Oxford University Press (publisher), series - publisher

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Interior Landscapes in Peter Porter's Later Poetry Bruce Bennett , 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)

Porter Provides Millennial Imaginings Paul Kane , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 10 no. 1 1996; (p. 61)
— Review of Millennial Fables Peter Porter , 1994 selected work poetry

On the Eve of the New Millennium John Tranter , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 169 1995; (p. 40-41)
— Review of Millennial Fables Peter Porter , 1994 selected work poetry

Imagination at Play in a Shadowy World Peter Steele , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 8 April 1995; (p. 9)
— Review of Millennial Fables Peter Porter , 1994 selected work poetry

Ironic Points of Light Neil Powell , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 10 March no. 4797 1995; (p. 26)
— Review of Millennial Fables Peter Porter , 1994 selected work poetry

Imagination at Play in a Shadowy World Peter Steele , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 8 April 1995; (p. 9)
— Review of Millennial Fables Peter Porter , 1994 selected work poetry