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Dedication: For Bruce Bennett
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Epigraph: And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their / desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces.... Isaiah, 13:22
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, 1997 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.- Kings and Messengersi"Someone leaning out said Look it's what", single work poetry (p. 1)
- A Great Reckoning in a Little Roomi"As I wake from sleep I see", single work poetry (p. 2)
- Hardy, 1913i"When she he mourned had guided him beside", single work poetry (p. 3)
- About Auden's Juveniliai"He knew he would be great", single work poetry (p. 4)
- National Servicei"My childhood watchword - what could that be but duty", single work poetry (p. 5-6)
- Old Goldfields, Maryboroughi"A terror made for midday -", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Breakfasting with Cockatoosi"They go well with baroque flutes,", single work poetry (p. 8-9)
- Mobile Pool Cleaneri"This is the nation's capital: its pools", single work poetry satire (p. 10)
- Men Die, Women Go Madi"No ideas but in things, but things", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Displacementi"Some would die for a word, some would find", single work poetry (p. 12)
- The Western Canoei"We are all in it together, paddling downstream", single work poetry (p. 13-14)
- Two Culturesi"Walking with friends along pathways", single work poetry (p. 15-16)
- Dragons in Their Pleasant Palacesi"Where are the Science Students? Gone to Media Studies,", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Fat and Salti"Hear the voice of the pub inside the man", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Anxiety's Air Milesi"Like the wide-flying Puck of interview", single work poetry (p. 19-20)
- Too Many Miraclesi"Honeycomb-tinted, billiard bald, unblinking,", single work poetry (p. 21-22)
- The Deaths of Poetsi"It's been a great strain on the words,", single work poetry (p. 23-24)
- John Ford Answers T.S. Elioti"You knew I was a lawyer, why be surprised", single work poetry (p. 25-26)
- Bellini and Heine Come to Dinneri"Did you know that Liszt and his ridiculous woman", single work poetry (p. 27-28)
- Browning Meets Wagner at the Schlesingers'i"'Once I wrote of Life's C Major; so prophetic!", single work poetry (p. 29-30)
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) -
Teeming with Ideas
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 14 February 1998; (p. 9)
— Review of The Wild Reply 1997 selected work poetry ; Chemical Bodies : A Diary of Probable Events 1994-1997 1997 selected work poetry ; The Gatekeeper's Wife 1997 selected work poetry ; Dragons in Their Pleasant Palaces 1997 selected work poetry -
Personal Porter
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 March 1998; (p. 31)
— Review of The Wild Reply 1997 selected work poetry ; Dragons in Their Pleasant Palaces 1997 selected work poetry -
Laugh Lines
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 December 1997; (p. 16)
— Review of Dragons in Their Pleasant Palaces 1997 selected work poetry -
Boeotia Comes to Athens
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 7 November no. 4936 1997; (p. 27)
— Review of Dragons in Their Pleasant Palaces 1997 selected work poetry
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Personal Porter
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 March 1998; (p. 31)
— Review of The Wild Reply 1997 selected work poetry ; Dragons in Their Pleasant Palaces 1997 selected work poetry -
Teeming with Ideas
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 14 February 1998; (p. 9)
— Review of The Wild Reply 1997 selected work poetry ; Chemical Bodies : A Diary of Probable Events 1994-1997 1997 selected work poetry ; The Gatekeeper's Wife 1997 selected work poetry ; Dragons in Their Pleasant Palaces 1997 selected work poetry -
Life and Death, Poetry's Immortal Subjects
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 15 June 1997; (p. 7)
— Review of Selected Poems 1997 selected work poetry ; Dragons in Their Pleasant Palaces 1997 selected work poetry -
Ordinary Miracles
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 193 1997; (p. 47-48)
— Review of Dragons in Their Pleasant Palaces 1997 selected work poetry -
Boeotia Comes to Athens
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 7 November no. 4936 1997; (p. 27)
— Review of Dragons in Their Pleasant Palaces 1997 selected work poetry -
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)
Awards
- 1998 shortlisted Festival Awards for Literature (SA) Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature South Australian Literary Awards — John Bray Award for Poetry
- 1997 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Prize for Poetry
- 1997 joint winner The Age Book of the Year Award — Dinny O'Hearn Poetry Prize
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