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Philip Porter Philip Porter i(A134004 works by) (a.k.a. Philip Pholeros Porter)
Gender: Male
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1 Perfection - a Greek Tragedy! i "this land is not perfect despite", Philip Porter , 2020 poetry
— Appears in: Mediterranean Poetry 2020;
1 Hydra Canto XIII Philip Porter , 2020 sequence poetry
— Appears in: Mediterranean Poetry 2020;
1 Hydra Canto 1 i "Plastic cruisers jostled", Philip Porter , 2020 poetry
— Appears in: Mediterranean Poetry 2020;
1 The Waitress Who Fell from the Sky i "Like Calypso, the lover of mortals", Philip Porter , 2020 poetry
— Appears in: Mediterranean Poetry 2020;
1 Ikarian Cantos I Philip Porter , 2020 sequence poetry
— Appears in: Mediterranean Poetry 2020;
1 1 y separately published work icon The Intimacy of Strangers : North Shore Poetry Project Philip Porter (editor), Andy Kissane (editor), Willoughby : Pret a Porter , 2018 20902459 2018 anthology poetry 'Poetry has become the soft tissue of connection between people who would otherwise never have met, never exchanged the deepest of feelings and thoughts, never have become good friends. It is ironic, given the accolades social media attracts, that poetry is the best short cut to getting to know other people. It doesn't take many poems about love, loss, aloneness, God and no God for a poet's heart and mind to be exposed and responded to. It brings intimacy where there was inordinate privacy, community where there was just a passing of strangers.

'Poetry and its sharing gives a 'place' to those of us who have none and understanding of a 'place' to those who can identify with such a notion. It creates a space between the earnest and the imaginary, the entering of which, as Seamus Heaney offers, fills us 'with a momentary sense of freedom and wholeness, ' allowing us to 'transform the familiar into something rich and strange.'

'The Intimacy of Strangers together with weekly poetry workshops and monthly readings is a brilliant case study in how the North Shore Poetry Project has used reading, writing and listening to poetry to break the back of what has become an epidemic of suburban aloneness. It is not only a wonderful collection of poetry, but a textbook for anyone interested in bringing people together in a supportive and meaningful way.' (Publication summary)
 
1 Pondlife (A Diary of Aging) i "It was a kid’s pond,", Philip Porter , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Philament , December no. 22 2016; (p. 121)
1 2 y separately published work icon A Patch of Sun : Café Poets Anthology Philip Porter (editor), Luke Fischer (editor), Christopher Kelen (editor), Macao : Cerberus Press , 2016 10040647 2016 anthology poetry

'This Anthology contains the work of established poets alongside emerging and local poets - mainly from the North Shore of Sydney. It is designed to capture the shape and feeling of the regular Poetry Nights held at Rubino's Italian restaurant in Willoughby. The Poetry Nights and this anthology have evolved under the aegis of the North Shore Poetry Project which started life in May 2012 with one of Australian Poetry's Café Poets, Philip Porter, as the poet-in-residence. The aim of the Project is to bring the best of Australian poets to the district and to provide a space for emerging and local poets to perform their works.' –Page [8].
1 Safe Hands i "hans up in a big hurrah", Philip Porter , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meniscus , March vol. 2 no. 1 2014; (p. 81)
1 Reading 'The Magus' in Crete i "I am", Philip Porter , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: SWAMP , October no. 13 2013;
1 La fleur du mal i "Hard-eyed glare of dyed blond granny-tartlet", Philip Porter , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: SWAMP , October no. 11 2012;
1 Untitled i "breeze rustles", Philip Porter , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eucalypt : A Tanka Journal , no. 8 2010; (p. 41)
1 Untitled i "breeze rustles", Philip Porter , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eucalypt : A Tanka Journal , no. 8 2010; (p. 41)
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