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y separately published work icon The Best 100 Poems of Dorothy Porter selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Dorothy Porter http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/porter-dorothy
Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 The Best 100 Poems of Dorothy Porter
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Collingwood, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,:Black Inc. , 2013 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Music (for Andy)i"My decaying lyre", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 20)
Note: Epigraph: 'my soul in my precious lyre / will survive my ashes and avoid decay' - Pushkin
The Emerald Leopardi"You're lost if you steer.", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
My At-Last Loveri"Your face sleeps", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 22)
Drought Sonnet (After Lorca's 'Sonnets of Dark Love')i"The parched weave of my shirt", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 23)
Cigarettes VIi"My heart", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 23)
Note: With title: Cigarettes IV (in error)
Cigarettes XIi"While you smoked", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 24)
Wivesi"There's a darkness in women's warmth", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 25-27)
The Lioni"Somewhere in the desert", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 28)
Married Godsi"I walk behind", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 28-29)
Nefertiti Rides Mei"Nefertiti rides me.", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 29-30)
Watching Hipposi"I like the rhythm", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
Just to Talki"Evening sky.", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 31-32)
Scarabi"Will I stop eating?", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 32)
Epilogue - Eternal Lifei"At Sunrise", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 33-34)
Wilson's Diary (for Josie Porter and Ian Close)i"Cri de coeur", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 34-36)
Black Smokeri"trench", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 36-37)
Death, Dorothy Porter , sequence poetry (p. 36-40)
Poems from the Verse Novel What a Piece of Work, Dorothy Porter , extract (p. 40-45)
Paradise Beachi"Dice and madness", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 46-51)
1i"There's a white-blue nerve burning", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 51)
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